Mohammad Yazbek

Mohammad Yazbek is a Lebanese cleric. He is one of the Hezbollah founders and the head of the Sharia or religious council of the organization.

Mohammad Yazbek
NationalityLebanese
OccupationCleric
Years active1980s–present

Early life and education

Yazbek hails from a family based in Bodai, a town near Baalbek in northern Lebanon.[1][2] He studied theology in Iraq.[3]

Career

After completing his studies in Iraq, Yazbek returned to Lebanon in 1980.[3] He actively contributed to the establishment of khawzas, Shiite religious institutions, in Lebanon.[4] Abbas Musawi, Subhi Tufayli and Yazbek, all from the Bekaa valley, founded Hezbollah in 1982.[3][5] Yazbek supported the revolt of Tufayli in 1987 against the power inequality in Hezbollah in favor of those, who hail from southern Lebanon.[6] Then Yazbek became a senior Hezbollah leader in the Bekaa valley in the 1990s.[7]

Yazbek is the representative of supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, in the Bekaa valley.[8] He is responsible for distributing the financial grants allocated by Khamenei's office to Hezbollah.[2][9] In addition, Yazbek is the special representative of Hezbollah's secretary general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and a member of Hezbollah's supreme council, exclusive shura council.[10][11][12] In 2009, Yazbek was again elected to the shura council.[13] He also heads the Sharia council of Hezbollah, which is also known as higher legal committee.[3][5]

Assassination attempt

On 9 December 2005, Yazbek escaped an assassination attempt unhurt in Baalbek.[14][15] The bomb blast outside his home caused no casualties.[16]

References
  1. Lebanon: One Good Reason for IDF's Interest in Baalbek Lebanonwire. 26 August 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  2. Hikmat Shreif (19 August 2006). "Israel commando raid rattles Lebanon truce". Lebanon Wire. Baalbek. AFP. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. Zvi Barel (25 February 2013). "Who's breathing down Hezbollah leader's neck?". Haaretz. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  4. R. Erlich; Y. Kahati (June 2007). "Hezbollah as a case study of the battle for hearts and minds" (PDF). Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  5. "IRGC-Hezbollah Captagon Ring Compromised by War Over Profits". Middle East Transparent. 27 April 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  6. "Sayyed Nasrallah re-elected for another term". The Weekly Middle East Reporter. 5 December 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  7. "Hezbollah seeks Dollars American tourists bring". Reading Eagle. 25 December 1994. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  8. John Kifner; Warren Hoge (3 August 2006). "200 Missiles Hit Israel as Battle Rages in Lebanon". The New York Times. Beirut. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  9. Barel, Zvi (28 February 2013). "What's troubling Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah?". Haaretz. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  10. "Hezbollah: Israel Unable to Attack Iran". Fars News Agency. 17 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  11. "Geagea: Nasrallah Believes he has a 'Sharia representative' among Christians". Lebanon Wire. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  12. Dominique Avon; Anaïs-Trissa Khatchadourian; Jane Marie Todd (10 September 2012). Hezbollah: A History of the "Party of God". Harvard University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-674-06752-3. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  13. Shapira, Shimon (17 December 2009). "Has Hizbullah Changed?" (PDF). Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  14. "Embattled Hezbollah backs Iraq 'doves of peace'". Ekklesia. 12 December 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  15. "Hezbollah militant survives bomb attack". Lebanonwire. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  16. "Hezbollah militant escapes blast". BBC. 11 December 2005. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
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