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:''In this [[Deltinian naming customs|Deltinian name]], the first or paternal surname is'' al-Mutasim ''and the second or maternal family name is'' al-Husseini''.''
{{Infobox religious biography
| honorific-prefix = {{font|size=120%|Mullah}}
| name             = Iftikhar al-Mutasim
| native_name      = {{Script/Nastaliq|افتخار المعتصم}}
| image            = File:Al-Husayni1929head.jpg
| image_size       = 250px
| alt              = Al-Mutasim in 1960.
| caption          = Al-Mutasim in 1960.
| religion         = [[Islam]]
| denomination     = [[Deltinian Islam]]
| nationality      = Deltinian
| birth_name       = Iftikhar Muhammad Amin al-Mutasim al-Husseini
| birth_date       = {{circa}} 1924
| birth_place      = [[Denshire]], [[Jakiz (viceroyalty)|Jakiz]], [[Creeperopolis]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1978|02|18|1924|df=y}}
| death_place      = {{nowrap|[[El Rosario]], [[San Juan (viceroyalty)|San Juan]], [[Creeperopolis]]}}
| death_cause      = [[Assassination of Iftikhar al-Mutasim|Assassination]] (gunshot wounds)
| children         = 6, including [[Sulayman al-Mutasim|Sulayman]]
| predecessor      = 
| successor        = 
| background       = lightgreen
}}

'''Iftikhar Muhammad Amin al-Mutasim al-Husseini''' ([[Deltinian language|Deltinian]]: {{Script/Nastaliq|افتخار محمد أمين المعتصم الحسيني}}; {{circa}} 1924 – 18 February 1978) was a Deltinian religious scholar and Islamic leader whose [[Assassination of Iftikhar al-Mutasim|assassination]] in 1978 led to the start of the [[Deltinian Insurgency]].

== Biography ==

Iftikhar Muhammad Amin al-Mutasim al-Husseini was born sometime during 1924 in [[Denshire]], then a city with a large [[Deltinians|Deltinian]] minority present. His father was an imam at a mosque in the city and al-Mutasim was raised as a practicing [[Deltinian Islam|Deltinian Muslim]].

In 1944, the [[Militarist Nationalist Front]] committed a massacre in the city of Denshire, killing around 25,000 ethnic and religious Deltinians. Al-Mutasim's father, mother, and two of his brothers were killed during the massacre. He survived after he escaped the city and fled to the countryside where he lived in hiding for two months.

In 1949, he, along with millions of other Deltinians across the Creeperian viceroyalties of [[Abdan (viceroyalty)|Abdan]], [[Helam (viceroyalty)|Helam]], and [[Jakiz (viceroyalty)|Jakiz]], were [[Deportation of the Deltinians|deported]] from the three historically "[[Deltinian viceroyalties]]" to the viceroyalty of [[San Juan (viceroyalty)|San Juan]] in the southernmost part of [[Creeperopolis]]. The deportations killed an estimated 2.1 million Deltinians. When he was deported, he served as a religious leader to those he was deported alongside.

He was settled in the city of [[El Rosario]] in 1950, and there, he was given the title of mullah as an influential Deltinian leader. During the 1960s, al-Mutasim engaged in negotiations with the Creeperian government to end the deportations and allow the Deltinians to return to Abdan, Helam, and Jakiz, however, his negotiations failed. He also attempted to negotiate better living conditions, but those attempts also failed. Some Deltinians disagreed with his efforts of negotiations with the Creeperian government, while others saw him as a leader attempting to improve the standard of living for the Deltinians people.

Overtime, his popularity as a Deltinian leader grew. His growing popularity and influence among the Deltinian community was seen as a threat by the Creeperian government, and so on 18 February 1978, the [[National Intelligence Directorate]] (DINA) [[Assassination of Iftikhar al-Mutasim|assassinated al-Mutasim]] during the middle of a sermon in a mosque. The assassination led to the beginning of [[1978 San Juan race riots|riots]] across San Juan and eventually led to the beginning of the [[Deltinian Insurgency]].

His son, [[Sulayman al-Mutasim]], briefly became a leader of the [[Society of Deltinian Brothers]] until his assassination on 22 November 1978.

== See also ==

* [[Holy Army of al-Mutasim]]

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