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Hezbollah In Lebanon Harnessing Religion of Youth For Its Political Agenda

By Howard M. Friedman

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Today's New York Times carries a long investigative article starting on its front page titled Hezbollah Seeks to Marshal the Piety of the Young. It says in part:

At a time of religious revival across the Islamic world, intense piety among the young is nothing unusual. But in Lebanon, Hezbollah ? the name means the party of God ? has marshaled these ambient energies for a highly political project: educating a younger generation to continue its military struggle against Israel. Hezbollah?s battlefield resilience has made it a model for other militant groups across the Middle East, including Hamas. And that success is due, in no small measure, to the party?s extraordinarily comprehensive array of religion-themed youth and recruitment programs.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on November 21, 2008 (boomark / email).

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