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'''Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: {{lang|ar|الشيخ أحمد ياسين}}) (circa 1937 &mdash; [[March 22]], [[2004]]) was the co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movementterrorist group [[Hamas]]. Because of its attacks on civilian targets, Hamas is classified as a [[terrorism|terrorist]] organization by the [[European Union]]<ref name="EUTerrorList">[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2005/l_340/l_34020051223en00640066.pdf "Council Decision"] [[Council of the European Union]], December 21, 2005</ref>, the [[United States]]<ref name=SD1>[http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/45323.pdf "Chapter 6

Terrorist Groups"], U.S. State Dept., April 27, 2005.</ref>, [[Israel]], and several other countries.