Resistance, Jihad, and martyrdom in contemporary Lebanese Shi'a discourse
El-Husseini, Rola LU
(2008)
In Middle East Journal
62(3).
p.399-414
- Abstract
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.
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- author
- El-Husseini, Rola
LU
- publishing date
- 2008-06-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Middle East Journal
- volume
- 62
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 16 pages
- publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- external identifiers
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- scopus:49349117020
- ISSN
- 0026-3141
- DOI
- 10.3751/62.3.12
- language
- English
- LU publication?
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- d7c02f41-0999-49b8-b87b-c664cdd434dd
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