Islamic Action Front: Yakan in Critical Condition
The Islamic Action Front denied on Saturday that its leader Fathi Yakan had died. But the front said that he was in critical condition.
Media reports said Saturday that Yakan died at Hotel Dieu Hospital where he was hospitalized the night before.
Yakan was born in the northern port city of Tripoli in 1933. He became involved in Islamic work in Lebanon in the mid 1950s and was a pioneer in the establishment of the Islamic Movement.
Yakan was elected a member of parliament in 1992.