Country: Lebanon
Detailed information about Hizbollah the Party of God, a political party in Lebanon.
Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningHezbollahFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchThe neutrality of this article is disputed.Please see the discussion on the talk page.For other uses, see Hezbollah (disambiguation).Hezbollah(In detail)LeaderSheikh Sayyed Hassan NasrallahChairperson{{{chairman}}}Spokesperson{{{spokesperson}}}Founded1985ReligionShia IslamPolitical ideologyIslamismNationalityLebaneseWebsiteVaries. See List of official sites.Hezbollah[1](Arabic: ÍÒÈ Çááåý ?izbu-ll?h,[2] meaning “party of God”) is a Shia Islamist organization in Lebanon. It follows a distinct version of Islamic Shia ideology developed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.[3][4] The organization began to take shape during the 1982 Lebanon War; on February 16, 1985 Sheik Ibrahim al-Amin publicly declared the groups manifesto, which included three goals: the eradication of Western imperialism in Lebanon, the transformation of Lebanons multi-confessional state into an Islamic state, and the complete destruction of the state of Israel.[5]. [6] Hezbollah has abandoned the goal of transforming Lebanon into an Islamic republic [7], but continues to call for the destruction of Israel. Hezbollah has received arms, soldiers, and financial support from Iran, and many other sympathizers [8] and has operated with Syrias blessing.[7] Hezbollah has grown to an organization which has seats in the Lebanese government, a militia, a radio and a satellite television station, and programs for social development. [9] Hezbollahs use of violent means, including indiscriminate attacks against civilians and civilian targets [10] to achieve some of their goals has caused some to label it as a terrorist organization, while supporters consider the violence to have been recriprocal to external aggression, and justify deliberately killing civilians as a legitimate form of Jihad.Since 1992, the current leader and Secretary-General of Hezbollah is Sheikh Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.Contents1 Introduction and background2 Flag3 Ideology3.1 Shia Islamism3.2 Position on Israel3.3 Position on Jews and Judaism3.4 Position on use of armed strength to achieve aims3.5 Women’s rights4 History4.1 Background4.2 Foundation5 Political activities5.1 Political party5.2 Elected members5.3 Role in government5.4 Lebanese government positions6 Military activities6.1 Armed strength6.1.1 Islamic religious view of armed strength6.2 Intelligence capabilities6.3 Stance on what is a legitimate military target7 Media operations8 Social services9 Funding10 Foreign relations10.1 Position of the UN10.2 Non-Lebanese alliances10.2.1 Iran10.2.2 Syria10.2.3 Hamas and Palestinian Movement10.3 Alleged relationships to non-Lebanese Islamist movements10.3.1 al-Qaeda10.3.2 al-Mahdi10.3.3 Other Islamist groups11 Outside views of Hezbollah11.1 Public opinion11.2 Designation as a terrorist organization11.3 Non Governmental Organizations12 See also13 References14 Literature1
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