Ata Abu Rashta
Ata Bin Khalil Abu al-Rashtah | |
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| 3rd Leader of Hizb ut-Tahrir | |
| In office 11 April 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Qadeem Zallum |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1943 (age 81–82) |
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| Occupation | |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
Ata Bin Khalil Abu al-Rashtah (Arabic: عطاء بن خليل أبو الرشتة; born 1943) is a Palestinian Islamic jurist, scholar and writer. He is the global leader of the Islamic fundamentalist political party Hizb ut-Tahrir. He came to prominence in Jordan during the Gulf War and was a critic of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.