HSTR 377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Musa Al-Sadr, Taif Agreement, Ethnoreligious Group
8 Nov 2016
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Sect: a religious or political group that is connected to a larger group but that has beliefs that differ greatly from those of the main group. Sectarianism: ordering of society, usually including its political institutions, along sectarian identity. French mandate: french businesses in beirut work w/ christian maronite population. Us marine compound (1983) suicide bomber truck. Ibrahim pasha: son of mohammed ali, governor of egypt (ottoman) who went rogue, lebanon under egyptian rule in 1st half of 1800s, tried to modernize, french expansion after egyptians left. Rise of shia and imam musa sadr. Movement of the dispossessed: sprouts military organization amal. Hezbollah army of god: rejecting ineffective military direction of amal. Lebanon is a natural choice for iran to export their revolutionary ideology: iran supports hezbollah. Hezbollah pretty much runs lebanon these days: don"t have to openly oppose government, can just veto, islamic ideology is very similar to iran"s.
