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New Publication: 3rd Edition of "Hizbullah" book in its English print.

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Local Editor, 21-1-2010

The book "Hizbullah" is now available in seven languages: Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Indonesian, Turkish, and Urdu (Pakistan).

A more recent-third edition of the book in its English print was released by Dar al-Saqi Publishing House, in London and Beirut.

The author of the book, His Eminence Sheikh Naim Qassem wrote in its introduction:
When this book was first released, we gave an overview on Hizbullah's approach, mindset and doctrine, as well as its jihad and political experience, since its establishment until the end of year 2002, including our future vision of the outcome of some projections on this path.

Hizbullah played a pivotal role through many events that occurred since the book was first published, especially in the face of "The Second "Israeli" War on Lebanon" in 2006. Since these events shed more light on the path of this rising and radiant party, and reveal more details that complete and update certain aspects of the party's image, we decided to include important events since the issuance of UN Resolution 1559.

This Lebanon related 1559 UNR, issued on 02/09/2004, acted as the spark that ignited developments in Lebanon and rocked its political stability and security through till the end of August 2008, when Lebanon enjoyed the formation of a national unity government, which corrected the country's compass towards stability allowing for the return of daily life routine.

To retain the documentation value of this book, no amendments were made to the previous two editions, but a new chapter was added to keep abreast with emerging developments between 2004 and 2008. Key events and summarized stands taken by major players in that period, Hizbullah in particular were included as analysis in the introduction of the book.

The introduction included a brief but condensed reading of a group of events and their direct regional and international correlations.

The most notable topics included were:

• Iraq under U.S. occupation.
• Iranian-Syrian axis.
• Palestine, a central cause
• Lebanon in the heart of the storm, due to UN Resolution 1559 and its aftermath.
• The party's first time participation in government, and the reasons for this participation.
• The Hizbullah - Free Patriotic Movement Memorandum of Understanding, its impact on the formation of the opposition and its role.
• The Dialogue Table in Lebanon.
• "Israel's" war on Lebanon, in July 2006, and a quick review of some of its results and implications
• Intensification of the internal political struggle, which led to the paralysis of the constitutional institutions.
• The assassination of commander martyr Hajj Imad Moghnieh (May God bless his soul).
• The resistance communications network crisis; an analysis of the objectives of the related decision taken by the unconstitutional government and its resulting events.
• Doha agreement, the road map for political stability in preparation for the new parliamentary elections.
• Participation in the national unity government, and a 'guarantor third'.

The book "Hizbullah: the Course, Experience and Future" provided a rich and useful substance for researchers, and anyone wishing to familiarize themselves with the culture and experience of Hizbullah.

The seventh edition of its Arabic language version has been issued with this new-look and added introduction. It has also been published in some Islamic and foreign publishing houses to make it accessible for interested parties, thus it has become available in seven languages: Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Indonesian, Turkish, and Urdu (Pakistan).
The book was released once again earlier this new year 2010.


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