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Rola El-Husseini 

Rola El-Husseini Dean

Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer

Rola El-Husseini 

Resistance, Jihad, and martyrdom in contemporary Lebanese Shi'a discourse

Author

  • Rola El-Husseini

Summary, in English

This article examines the contemporary Shi'a understanding of jihad, martyrdom, and resistance through an analysis of the writings of two leading Lebanese Shi'a scholars: Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah and Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din. This article shows the impact of their writings on resistance movements in the region. It maintains that their discourse is central to the ideological foundation of Hizbullah, and also has affected the development of Hamas and its adoption of tactics developed in Lebanon against Israel.

Publishing year

2008-06-01

Language

English

Pages

399-414

Publication/Series

Middle East Journal

Volume

62

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Topic

  • Political Science

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0026-3141