Joseph Alagha. The Shifts in Hizbullah's Ideology: Religious Ideology, Political Ideology and Political Program.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Author: Kane, Ousmane
• Date: 22 March 2008

Joseph Alagha. The Shifts in Hizbullah's Ideology: Religious Ideology, Political Ideology and Political Program Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2006, 380 pages. Paper, no price indicated.

Hizbullah came into being in Lebanon in 1978, but it started to attract international media attention in 1982, when one of its militants detonated his car in the Israeli military headquarters of Tyre in occupied Lebanon, killing himself as well several dozen Israeli soldiers. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Hizbullah militants consolidated their jihadi reputation by performing the most dating and deadly military operations, including the Beirut Barracks and the United States Embassy Bombing in 1983 which claimed the lives of 350 people. This and other operations had caused Hizbullah to be included in the roster of terrorist organizations of the US State Department. However, Hizbullah's history is not just about hostage taking or suicide bombing. It social networks provides services to the disenfranchised regardless or their religious affiliation in Lebanon. Its Al-Manar satellite TV and Nur satellite radio station reach millions of people in the Middle East. Its military wing which received logistical support from Iran and Syria is the first Arab army to have resisted Tsahal, which, as we know, won resounding victories against the combined armed forces of Jordan, Egypt and Syria in all Arab Israeli wars...