The Origins of Popular Support for Lebanon's Hezbollah

Haddad, Siham El

doi:10.1080/10576100500351250

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“…Hezbollah has created schools, provided compensation for war victims, and provided citizens with other social services (e.g., Flanigan and Abdel-Sadr 2009), especially following Israeli bombings of Beirut (e.g., Levitt 2013;Masters and Laub 2014). Hezbollah is also significant in Syrian domestic politics because it is a political and military ally of the ruling AlAssad regime (e.g., Haddad 2006). Hezbollah is linked to global balance-of-power struggles through siding with the Iran-Russia axis against the U.S.-Israel axis and has engaged in armed resistance to induce the U.S. and Israel to withdraw from Lebanon.…”

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Muslims’ emotions toward Americans predict support for Hezbollah and Al Qaeda for threat-specific reasons

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Using a random sample of 243 Muslims in Lebanon and Syria, we examined whether support for Hezbollah or for Al Qaeda is predicted by functionallyrelevant emotional responses to specific threats perceived to be posed by Americans. In line with the sociofunctional approach, perceived resource domination threat from Americans elicited anger, and perceived value contamination threat elicited disgust/contempt toward Americans. Importantly, these intergroup emotions in turn differentially predicted support for Hezbollah and Al Qaeda through desires for the organizations to accomplish different goals to address the threat perceptions. Specifically, anger toward Americans predicted support for Hezbollah through desires for the organization to restore threatened symbolic resources by bringing pride and respect to Arabs. In contrast, disgust/contempt toward Americans predicted support for Al Qaeda through desires for the organization to protect threatened ingroup values by de-contaminating Islam from Western cultural influence. Theoretical explanations and implications for addressing and mitigating hostilities between the groups are discussed.

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Muslims’ emotions toward Americans predict support for Hezbollah and Al Qaeda for threat-specific reasons

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“…19 19 Recent research findings reported by Haddad (2006) suggest a clear correlation, in a sample of 256 respondents, between people with committed ritual religiosity and support for Hezbollah. But this was not a study that used rehabilitation as a factor in the research agenda, nor does it include the time span — especially the 2006 wars — that I discuss, so I would certainly hesitate in linking this evidence to my argument here. …”

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Religion and Rehabilitation: Humanitarian Biopolitics, City Spaces and Acts of Religion

Arif

2008

Int J Urban Regional Res

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“…Additionally, along with the above factors, state-proxy alliance survival gets enhanced when the allies align along an ethnic-religious identity (Piazza, 2018); in such cases, the alliance becomes more cohesive if the aligning proxy group is ethno-religiously marginalised within its society. In the Iran-Hezbollah case, Hezbollah united and gave hope to the aspirations of the marginalised and impoverished Shi’i community with the support of Iran (Haddad, 2006). Thus, a strong social foundation of alliance cooperation developed between the alliance partners, which further strengthened the alliance.…”

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Iran-Hezbollah Alliance Reconsidered: What Contributes to the Survival of State-Proxy Alliance?

Khan

Han

2020

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs

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States often build alliances with non-state actors to address their security needs and pursue their strategic objectives, but such alliances are highly unreliable and fraught with grave risks for the allying parties. The gradually increasing capabilities of a non-state actor may embolden it to give preferences to its own geopolitical agenda, thereby adversely affecting the alliance. Thus, states and non-state actors have mostly failed to maintain stable relationships due to diverging interests and opportunistic politics. Iran and Hezbollah have however maintained an alliance, which has entered its fourth decade of organisational existence, and this potentially hostile alliance is transforming the regional strategic landscape. The longevity of their alliance is somewhat puzzling. This article contends that the Iran-Hezbollah alliance has withstood collapse because Iran gives significant autonomy to Hezbollah, and Hezbollah controls and optimizes its resources and revenue which are at its disposal. Additionally, the chaotic regional structure and their intersecting interests play a pivotal role, not only fostering this nexus but also significantly potentiating the survival of their alliance while reducing the likelihood of opportunistic dissociation.

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The Origins of Popular Support for Lebanon's Hezbollah

Cited by 19 publications

References 25 publications

Muslims’ emotions toward Americans predict support for Hezbollah and Al Qaeda for threat-specific reasons

Muslims’ emotions toward Americans predict support for Hezbollah and Al Qaeda for threat-specific reasons

Religion and Rehabilitation: Humanitarian Biopolitics, City Spaces and Acts of Religion

Iran-Hezbollah Alliance Reconsidered: What Contributes to the Survival of State-Proxy Alliance?

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