"2009-01-01Z"^^ . . . . . "Rayan, Nizar"@en . "Hamas leader" . "Nizar Rayan"@en . "Nizar Rayan (Arabic: \u0646\u0632\u0627\u0631 \u0631\u064A\u0627\u0646\u200E, N\u0269z\u00E1r R\u0251\u020B\u00E1n; also transliterated Rayyan) (6 March 1959\u20131 January 2009) was a top Hamas leader who served as a liaison between the Palestinian organization's political leadership and its military wing. Also a professor of Islamic law, he became a top clerical authority within Hamas after the death of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 2004. Rayan was a strong advocate between 1994 and 2004 or 2005 of suicide attacks on Israel, and his son killed himself on one such mission."@en . . "2009Z"^^ . "1959-03-06Z"^^ . "1959Z"^^ .