Hezbollah (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
"Hezbollah" means "party of God
" in Arabic
. It is a popular name for Islamist
organizations:
Allah
Allah is a word for God used in the context of Islam. In Arabic, the word means simply "God". It is used primarily by Muslims and Bahá'ís, and often, albeit not exclusively, used by Arabic-speaking Eastern Catholic Christians, Maltese Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Mizrahi Jews and...
" in Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
. It is a popular name for Islamist
Islamism
Islamism also , lit., "Political Islam" is set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only a religion but also a political system. Islamism is a controversial term, and definitions of it sometimes vary...
organizations:
- Hezbollah of Lebanon, a Shi'a political party and militia which played a major role in getting Israel out of Lebanon, officially listed as a terrorist organization by Israel, U.S., UK, the Netherlands, Australia and Canada
- Hizbullahî Kurdî of Turkey, unrelated to the above, is a Kurdish, Sunni Islamist, separatist terrorist group in Turkey.
- Kata'ib HezbollahKata'ib HezbollahKata'ib Hezbollah or Hezbollah Brigades is a Shi'a Iraqi Insurgent group which has been active 4 months before the beginning of the Iraq War , not to be confused with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. It is said to be an offshoot of the "Special Groups", which are the Iranian backed elements...
, also known as Hezbollah Brigades, a Shi'a Islamist, Insurgent group in Iraq. - Hezbollah Movement in IraqHezbollah Movement in IraqThe Hezbollah Movement in Iraq is a Shi'a Islamist, Iraqi political party that is part of the United Iraqi Alliance coalition. It is not affiliated with the Lebanese group Hezbollah or other groups using the name. Hezbollah, or more literally Hizb Allah , means "Party of God" in Arabic.The party...
is Shi'a Islamist political party in Iraq aligned with the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq. - Kurdish Revolutionary HezbollahKurdish Revolutionary HezbollahThe Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah is a splinter group of the Kurdish Hezbollah and Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. The Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah established 1988 in South Kurdistan under the leadership of Adham Barzani, a cousin of Massoud Barzani.- References :* at...
is an Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group led by Adham BarzaniAdham BarzaniAdham Barzani, is a former member of Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly. He is Kurdish President Massoud Barzani's cousin.The Kurdistan Revolutionary Hizballah was led by Adham Barzani which was established in 1988 as a splinter group from Kurdish Hizballah. Like other Iraqi Kurdish parties, the...
(cousin of Massoud BarzaniMassoud BarzaniMassoud Barzani is the current President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Barzani was born in Mahabad, Iran, during the rule of the Republic of Mahabad...
), founded in 1983 and disbanded in 2004. - Hezbollah of IranHezbollah of IranThe Hezbollah, or Party of God, is an Iranian movement formed at the time of the Iranian Revolution to assist the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his forces in consolidating power...
is a movement of mosque-based groups founded to enforce the authority of the Islamic revolution in Iran - Ansar-e-HezbollahAnsar-e-HezbollahAnsar-e-Hezbollah is a militant conservative Islamic group in Iran. Its ideology revolves around devotion to upholding the principles of the revolution, especially the belief in Valiyat al-faqih....
is an offshoot of Hezbollah - Hizballah Al-HijazHizballah Al-HijazHezbollah Al-Hejaz is or was a militant organisation operating in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain. It is outlawed in Saudi Arabia. Several of its members are wanted in the United States for their part in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing...
is a Shi'a militant organization operating in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Kuwait and Bahrain - Hizbullah - A revolutionary group in Indonesia during its struggle for independence.
- Mauritian Solidarity Front, a Muslim political party in Mauritius formerly known as Hizbullah
- Hezbullah (Guantanamo captive 666), see Afghan captives in GuantanamoAfghan captives in GuantanamoAccording to the United States Department of Defense, there were over two hundred Afghan detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006.The Guantanamo Bay detention camp was opened on January 11, 2002....
- "Hizbollah" is also a track on Ministry's 1988 album The Land of Rape and HoneyThe Land of Rape and HoneyThe Land of Rape and Honey is the third studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1988 on Sire Records. The image on the cover appears to be an electronically processed version of a photo of a burned corpse in the Leipzig-Thekla sub-camp of Buchenwald...