Free Shia Movement (, ''Al-Tayar Al-Shi'iy Al-Hurr'') is a
Lebanese Shi'ite
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood to ...
political movement allied with the Lebanese opposition
March 14 Alliance
The March 14 Alliance (), named after the date of the Cedar Revolution, was a coalition of political party, political parties and independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that were united by their anti-Ba'athist Syria, Assad stance and by their opp ...
and opposed to mainstream
Shi'ite
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood to ...
movements allied with the
March 8 Alliance
The March 8 Alliance () is a loose coalition of political parties and independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that are united by their pro- Ba'athist Syria stance and their opposition to the former March 14 Alliance. It was the ruling coalition ...
, namely
Hezbollah
Hezbollah ( ; , , ) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. I ...
and
Amal Movement
The Amal Movement () is a Lebanese political party and militia affiliated mainly with the Shia community of Lebanon. It was founded by Musa al-Sadr and Hussein el-Husseini in 1974 as the "Movement of the Deprived." The party has been led by ...
.
It is headed by Sheikh
Mohammad Al Hajj Hassan[Fahd Al Zayab]
Lebanon’s Shi’ites divided over Hezbollah’s role in Syria
''Asharq Alawsat'' 15 June 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013 and is opposed to the alleged political
hegemony
Hegemony (, , ) is the political, economic, and military predominance of one State (polity), state over other states, either regional or global.
In Ancient Greece (ca. 8th BC – AD 6th c.), hegemony denoted the politico-military dominance of ...
of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement on the Shi'ite community in Lebanon.
[ ] It also opposed the intervention of Hezbollah in
Syrian civil war.
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See also
* List of Islamic political parties
Below are lists of political parties espousing Islamic identity or political Islam in various approaches under the system of Islamic democracy. Islamic democracy refers to a political ideology that seeks to apply Islamic principles to public pol ...
References
External links
Free Shiite Movement Official site
2006 establishments in Lebanon
Political parties established in 2006
Islamic political parties in Lebanon
Politics of Lebanon
Political organisations based in Lebanon
Shia Islamic political parties
March 14 Alliance
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