Īzzam was killed by a car bomb in Peshawar, Pakistan, on 24 November 1989. Following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, he promoted militant jihadist activities on behalf of other Muslims in other countries, and subsequently became known as the "father of global jihad". Together, they cofounded the Maktab al-Khidamat, an organization that was created for the purpose of drawing foreign Muslim fighters (known as Afghan Arabs) to fight in the war. Īzzam was a teacher and mentor to Osama bin Laden, and was one of the key figures who persuaded bin Laden to go to Afghanistan and back the mujahideen fighters there. Belonging to the Salafi movement, during the Soviet–Afghan War of the 1980s, he advocated defensive jihad by Muslims worldwide to help the Afghan mujahideen fight against the Soviet forces and Afghan Government forces in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Abdullah Yusuf Azzam ( Arabic: عبد الله يوسف عزام, romanized: ‘Abdu’llāh Yūsuf ‘Azzām ( )14 November 1941 – ( )24 November 1989) was a Palestinian Islamic scholar and jihadist.
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