Fathi Yakan (born Fathi Mohamed Anaya (Arabic: فتحي محمد عناية), February 9, 1933 – June 13, 2009) was an Islamic cleric who held a seat in the parliament of Lebanon in 1992.
[1] He is regarded as Islamic Group (Al Jemaah Islamiyah)'s grandfather and leading ideologue.
[2] He initiated a political effort between Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and his allies on the one hand and the opposition in a bid to end the rule crisis in the wake of the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon.
[3] Sheikh Yakan was married to Mona Haddad with whom he had established a private Islamic university, Jinan University (Lebanon).
Yakan died on June 13, 2009, after he was admitted to the Hotel Dieu Hospital a day earlier.