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Introduction: The Construction of Hizbullah’s Identity

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In the course of Islamic organisations’ history, elements of surprise are consistent. These take the form of either a military victory against a formidable foe, such as in the case of Hizbullah against Israel in its 2000 withdrawal and 2006 war, or a sweeping electoral score, as with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. These Islamic groups have gone mainstream, and have demonstrated an ability to effectively mobilise masses in ways that are only reminiscent of the nationalist and leftist ideological era of the Cold War in this region.

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Hage Ali, M. (2018). Introduction: The Construction of Hizbullah’s Identity. In: Nationalism, Transnationalism, and Political Islam. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60426-8_1

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