Knights of Ali
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The ‘Knights of Ali’ was an obscure Shia faction that used to operate in West Beirut and a member of the Lebanese National Movement
(LNM) in the mid-1970s. In May 1975 the group was responsible for the massacre and mutilation of 50 Christians whom they placed their severed genitalia in their mouths and left their bodies in a Cemetery at the mainly Muslim
Beirut
district of Bashoura. Regarded as a mere criminal street gang, the
‘Knights of Ali’ disappeared around the late 1970s or early 1980 and nothing has been heard of them since.
Lebanese National Movement
The Lebanese National Movement or Mouvement National Libanais in French, was a front of parties and organizations active during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War...
(LNM) in the mid-1970s. In May 1975 the group was responsible for the massacre and mutilation of 50 Christians whom they placed their severed genitalia in their mouths and left their bodies in a Cemetery at the mainly Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
Beirut
Beirut
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
district of Bashoura. Regarded as a mere criminal street gang, the
‘Knights of Ali’ disappeared around the late 1970s or early 1980 and nothing has been heard of them since.