ABSTRACT
This chapter presents Hizbullah's political ideology as formulated over the period 1984/5 to 1990. It is compiled from and described on the basis of the available sources: the Open Letter of February 1985 1 , a series of political declarations issued from 1984 onwards, and the speeches and statements issued by Hizbullah's leaders and cadres between 1984/5 and 1990. 2 The speeches and statements that are quoted in this chapter were delivered, most prominently, by Hizbullah's leaders and cadres: Shaykh Subhi al-Tufayli 3 , Sayyid Abbas Al-Musawi 4 , Sayyid Husayn Al-Musawi 5 , Sayyid Ibrahim Amin Al-Sayyid 6 , Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah 7 , Sayyid Hasan Nasrallah 8 , and Shaykh Na‘im Qasim. 9 Also, heavy reliance has been placed on Muhammad Z‘aytir's book entitled An Outlook at the Proposal of the Islamic Republic in Lebanon 10 , and brief mention of ‘Ali Al-Kurani's book entitled Hizbullah's Method of Islamic Mobilization 11 .
