In the name of Allah, Most Gracious Most Merciful

Hizbullah - The Political Manifesto

1430Hijri/ 2009 AD

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Praise be to the Lord of all creation, and peace be upon the last of all prophets, our master Muhammad, upon his pure kin, his worthy companions, and on all divine prophets and messengers.

God our Lord has said in his Glorious Book: “And those who strive in Our Cause, We will certainly guide them to Our Paths: for verily Allah is with those who do right”. (Al Ankabut: 69)

And the Almighty also said: “O ye who believe do your duty to Allah, seek the means of approach unto Him and strive with might and main in His cause: that ye may prosper.” (Al Mai’da: 35)

Foreword

This manifesto is a disclosure of Hizbullah's political views. It brings to light our stance and perceptions, our ambitions, hopes, and concerns. First and foremost, it is a representation of what we have experienced firsthand in the realm of pioneering endeavors and primacy of sacrifice.

Amidst this exceptional political phase of proliferating change, it is no longer possible to weigh transformations without taking note of the special stance that our Resistance has come to occupy, or that ensemble of accomplishments that our course has realized. It is therefore important to perceive change in a comparative context between two key opposing paths, and whatever lies between them in the form of growing reverse proportionality:

• 1 The first is the path of resistance and opposition, a growing movement that thrives on military victories, political successes, an established model both at the popular and political levels, and an unwavering persistence to secure a political stance in spite of the mass of direct targeting and the magnitude of challenges. This path has secured a swing in power balances at the regional level in favor of the Resistance and its supporters.

• 2 The second is the path of US-Israeli oppression and hegemony, with its various dimensions, alliances and direct as well as indirect extensions. This course has been witnessing a series of debacles, military defeats and political fiascos, and has demonstrated successive failures for US plans which have tumbled one after the other, leading to confusion, retraction and diminishing ability to control amidst the stream of developments and events predominating over our Arab and Islamic world.