ABSTRACT
This chapter presents Hizbullah's political program as formulated over the period 1991 to 2005. It is compiled from and described on the basis of the available sources: Hizbullah's 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2005 parliamentary election programs; its “Views and Concepts” of June 20, 1997; its “Statement of purpose” of March 20, 1998; its 1996 and 2004 municipal elections programs; its August 2004“Identity and Goals”; 1 and Hizbullah's political declarations and the discourse of its rank and file over the period 1991 to 2005. The quoted discourse in this chapter refers mainly to Hizbullah's leaders and cadres: Sayyid Abbas al-Musawi 2 , Shaykh Na‘im Qasim 3 , Sayyid Hasan Nasrallah 4 , Nayef Krayyem 5 , Bilal N‘im 6 , Ali Fayyad 7 , Hajj Muhammad Ra‘d 8 , Hajj Husayn Shami 9 , Sayyid Nawwaf al-Musawi 10 , and Sayyid Hashim Safiyyeddine 11 .
