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|name = Issam al-Attar
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'''Issam al-Attar''' ({{lang-ar|عصام العطار}}) is a former [[Muslim Brotherhood]] leader, a symbol of resistance to [[Hafez al-Assad]], and in exile in [[Aachen]], Germany since the 1970s. He was born in 1927 in [[Syria]]. He was the second Supreme Guide of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, taking over from its founder, [[Mustafa al-Siba'i]], in 1961.<ref name="History Repeats">{{cite news|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/09/21/history_repeats_itself_as_tragedy?page=0,0 |title=History Repeats Itself as Tragedy |agency=Foreign Policy |date=21 September 2012 |accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref> His sister, [[Najah al-Attar]] is the [[Vice President of Syria]] and is the only woman to have served in the post, which she has held since 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Syria’s First Female Vice President Hailed as Progress for Women|url=http://archive.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=79682&d=24&m=3&y=2006|newspaper=[[Arab News]]|date=24 March 2006|accessdate=18 February 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117222623/http://archive.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=79682&d=24&m=3&y=2006|archivedate=17 January 2012}}</ref> Previously she was Minister of Culture from 1976 to 2000. His wife was assassinated by a [[death squad]] sent by Assad.

Attar was denied re-entry to Syria by the [[1963 Syrian coup d'état|newly installed Ba'athist government]] following a [[hajj]] trip to Mecca in 1963, and has lived in exile in Germany since the 1970s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-syria-opposition-turkey-idUKTRE76C3RC20110713 |title=Syrian exiles call for army to side with people |agency=Reuters |date=13 July 2011 |accessdate=23 September 2012}}</ref> Attar was in turn removed from his position as Supreme Guide in 1980 as a result of poor health and due to repeated government victories in the [[Islamic uprising in Syria]].<ref name="History Repeats"/> He has led the Talaa’i organization in Germany since the late 1970s, which works mostly with non-Syrian Muslims. He still consults with the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood on Syria related issues.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jamestown.org/programs/gta/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=551&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=180&no_cache=1 |title=The Battle within Syria: An Interview with Muslim Brotherhood Leader Ali Bayanouni |agency=The Jamestown Foundation |date=11 August 2005 |accessdate=22 September 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Muslim Brotherhood of Syria]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130630171759/http://www.ikhwanweb.com/articles.php?pid=10105 Muslim Brotherhood, Syria]

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[[Category:1927 births]]
[[Category:Syrian Sunni Muslims]]
[[Category:Syrian exiles]]
[[Category:Muslim Brotherhood of Syria politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People of the Islamic uprising in Syria]]
[[Category:People from Damascus]]
[[Category:Syrian dissidents]]
[[Category:Syrian expatriates in Germany]]

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