Ragheb Harb
Ragheb Harb راغب حرب | |
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| Born | 1952 Jibchit, Lebanon |
| Died | 16 February 1984 (aged 31–32) Jibchit, Lebanon |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Political party | Amal Movement (1975–1982) Hezbollah (1982–1984)[1] |
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Ragheb Harb (Arabic: راغب حرب; 1952–1984) was a Lebanese Shia Muslim cleric and politician.[2] He was an Imam who led resistance against the Israeli occupation of Lebanon, thus becoming a face for popular resistance,[3] including a role in the founding of Hezbollah.[1] In March 1983, he was detained by the Israel Defense Forces, but following wide spread demonstrations throughout southern Lebanon, he was released seventeen days later.
Early Life
[edit]Harb was born into a Shia Muslim family in the town of Jibchit in the Nabatieh District. He left school at the age of seventeen to undertake religious studies, which prompted him to move to Beirut in 1969. He traveled to Najaf in 1971, where he took courses from the prominent Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, and returned back to Lebanon in 1974 after three years. Harb started teaching religion and leading the friday prayer in Jibchit, and although few, his crowd grew so much that Jibchit's mosque came to be known as the "Qom of Jabal Amel.[1] In 1976, Harb moved to the town of Sharqiyyeh where he strove to counter the influence of the Iraqi Baath, which had been growing among Shiites. He established a school for the locals, and took care of the area's orphans in his own house. By 1978, he had also started a charity (mabarra).
Assassination
[edit]On 16 February 1984, he was assassinated.[4] Hussein Abbas, one of the assassins, fled to America where he lived in the home of his uncle, the academic Professor Fouad Ajami.[5]
Danny Abdallah, a Lebanese criminal living in Denmark, admitted to having killed Harb on behalf of the Israelis, and also claimed to have participated in the kidnapping of Harb's successor, Abdul Karim Obeyd.[6][failed verification][7][dead link] As a result, Hezbollah put him on their death list, and he is wanted in Lebanon.[8] According to one source, Harb's supporters would go on to form the Lebanese paramilitary and political organization Hezbollah.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Daher, Aurelie (2024). Hezbollah: Mobilization And Power. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 9780197787083.
- ^ Ronen Bergman, 2018, Rise and Kill First, ch 21: "“Harb was a man of the cloth, not a fighter"
- ^ a b Cobban, Helena "Hizbullah’s New Fact" Archived 3 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine Boston Review. Accessed February 2, 2007. Originally published in the April/May 2005 issue of Boston Review
- ^ "Sheikh Ragheb Harb". Archived from the original on 26 June 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ Tveit, Odd Karsten (2010) Goodbye Lebanon. Israel's First Defeat. Rimal Publication. Translated by Peter Scott-Hansen. ISBN 978-9963-715-03-9 pp.80-82
- ^ "Abdalla har uindskrænket magt". 21 March 2008.
- ^ "Nyheder | TV2/NORD". Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ "Udvist til Dødsdom". 17 December 2003.
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