Rola El-Husseini Dean
Docent | Universitetslektor
Resistance, Jihad, and martyrdom in contemporary Lebanese Shi'a discourse
Författare
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.
Publiceringsår
2008-06-01
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
399-414
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Middle East Journal
Volym
62
Issue
3
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Johns Hopkins University Press
Ämne
- Political Science
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0026-3141