Morocco’s biggest opposition leader dies

By Paul Schemm

Published December 13, 2012 12:52pm ET

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Morocco’s biggest opposition leader dies — FILE - Morocco's main Islamic leader Abdessalam Yassine gestures in his local mosque during the Friday prayer, in this May 19, 2000 file photo, in Sale, on the outskirts of the Moroccan capital Rabat. The daughter of the founder of Morocco's most powerful religious opposition movement says that her father has died aged 84 on Thursday Dec. 13 2012. (AP Photo/Jalil Bounhar) | JALIL BOUNHAR

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Sheikh Abdessalam Yassine, the charismatic religious leader of Morocco’s largest opposition movement and longtime opponent of two Moroccan kings, died Thursday. He was 84.

Yassine, who founded Adl wal Ihsan (Justice and Spirituality), accused the monarchy of being corrupt and dictatorial and questioned its claim to religious legitimacy. His spent a decade under house arrest at the hands of Morocco’s former ruler, King Hassan II.

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