States of America. Honors National Medal of Cedar-Lebanon-16 May 1989. Grand Collar of the renaissance of the Jordanian-highest first-class medal in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan-1967. High medal from the president-the Republic of Chad. Decoration from the Soviet Union on the research of the cessation of nuclear armament on 14 August 1974. Islam Decoration (Girdanov) – Poland. Received several medals from the United States of America. Valuations Honorary doctorate in Cairo, after a lecture he delivered at Al-Azhar in the Hall of Imam Mohammed Abdo, during a dinner invitation from the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Honorary doctorate from the University Jin Ji, China. Family Mufti Hasan Khaled was married to Salwa Balhawan and had nine children. Their names from oldest to youngest: Bahiyya, Saadeddine, Ammar, Mohammad, Hala, Hani, Hisham, Mazen, and Layla. Death On 16 May 1989, a 300-pound (136 kg) car bomb was detonated next to Khaled's car as he drove through Beirut. Khaled and 21 others were killed. Syrian intelligence is widely believed to be behind the assassination; Khaled had been a critic of Syrian intervention in Lebanon. As Khaled had been killed while returning from a meeting with anti-Syrian general Michel Aoun, his killing was believed to be a warning to all those who cooperated with Aoun. See also List of assassinated Lebanese people Sunni Muslim References External links Hassan Khaled Foundations (in Arabic) 1921 births 1989 deaths Assassinated Lebanese politicians Deaths by car bomb in Lebanon Lebanese Sunni Muslims Lebanese imams Lebanese judges Sharia judges Terrorism deaths in Lebanon Lebanese terrorism victims People murdered in Lebanon Al-Azhar University alumni Grand Muftis of Lebanon