Abbas al musawi biography of george

Secretary-General of Hezbollah from to

Not to be confused with Abbas Mousavi.

Abbas al-Musawi (ə-BAHSS əl-moo-SAH-wee; Arabic: عباس الموسوي; 26 October &#; 16 February ) was a Lebanese Shia cleric who served as the second secretary-general of Hezbollah from until his assassination by Israel in

Early life and education

Al-Musawi was born into a Shia family in the village of Al-Nabi Shayth in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon in around ^[1] He spent eight years studying theology in a religious school in Najaf, Iraq, where he was deeply influenced by the views of Iranian religious leader Ruhollah Khomeini.^[1] Al-Musawi was a student, at the hawza in Najaf, of Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, an influential Shi'a cleric, philosopher, political leader, and founder of the Da'wa Party of Iraq.^[2]

Activities

Al-Musawi returned to Lebanon in Along with Subhi al-Tufayli he spearheaded the formation of Hezbollah movement in the Beqaa Valley in