Hizbu llah is the largest and most prominent political party in Lebanon, and one of the most renowned Islamist movements in the world. In this book, Amal Saad-Ghorayeb examines the organisation s understanding of "jihad" and how this, together with its belief in martyrdom, brought about the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from Lebanon in May 2000.
Saad-Ghorayeb explores the nature of the party s struggle against the West by studying its views on the use of violence against Westerners. Crucially, she also addresses the question of whether Hizbu llah depicts this struggle in...