Ata Abu Rashta

Ata Bin Khalil Abu al-Rashtah
3rd Leader of Hizb ut-Tahrir
In office
11 April 2003
Preceded byAbdul Qadeem Zallum
Personal
Born1943 (age 80–81)
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
Alma mater
Occupation

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.