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- Title
Hizbullah al-Hijaz: A History of The Most Radical Saudi Shi'a Opposition Group.
- Authors
Matthiesen, Toby
- Abstract
This article discusses the emergence, ideology, and activities of the Saudi Shi'a opposition group Hizbullah al-Hijaz and its clerical wing, the Tajamu' 'Ulama' al-Hijaz. The group has played a significant but little known role in Saudi-Iranian relations since 1987 following its creation as a rival to the other Saudi Shi'a opposition group, the Islamic Revolution Organization. Hizbullah al-Hijaz was pro-Iranian and followed the Marja'iyya of Ayatollahs Khomeini and Khamene'i. Although it officially denounced any engagement with the Saudi leadership, it profited from a general amnesty in 1993. After it was blamed for the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996, most of its members were arrested and its organization dismantled.
- Subjects
HEJAZ (Saudi Arabia); IRAN; SAUDI Arabia; POLITICAL participation of Shiites; RADICALS; POLITICAL opposition; IRANIAN history, 1979-1997
- Publication
Middle East Journal, 2010, Vol 64, Issue 2, p179
- ISSN
0026-3141
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3751/64.2.11