Badreddin al-Houthi
بدرالدين الحوثي
Born3 November 1926
Dahyan, Saada Governorate, North Yemen
Died25 November 2010(2010-11-25) (aged 84)
NationalityYemeni
Political partyParty of Truth (Yemen)
ChildrenHussein, Abdul-Malik, Yahia, Muhammad, Ibrahim,[1] Abdulkhalik,[2] Abdul-Karim[3][4][5][6]
Familyal-Houthi

Badreddin al-Houthi (Arabic: بدرالدين الحوثي; 3 November 1926 – 25 November 2010) also spelled Badr al-Din Al-Houthi was a Yemeni politician and scholar of Zaidi Shia Islam.[7][8]

Life

He was born in Dahyan, Saada. He studied Zaydism under Majd al-Din al-Muayyadi, a prominent Saudi scholar appointed as Grand Mufti of the Hejaz by Faisal of Saudi Arabia.[8] He is one of the founders of the Party of Truth in Yemen and the spiritual leader of Ansar Allah movement. He is the father of Abdul-Malik and Hussein. Upon the death of Hussein in 2004, he briefly took over the leadership of the Houthi movement.[9][10]

In 2010 he died at the age of 84 as a result of complications relating to asthma.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Clashes in southern Yemen; rebels leader's brother killed". Globe and Mail. Associated Press. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Brother of Houthis' top leader believed dead after air strike". The National (Abu Dhabi). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Yemeni rebel leader denies seeking Shi'ite state. Mail & Guardian. 29 September 2009.
  4. ↑ Almasmari, Hakim (6 September 2009). “My Group”, Abdul Malik Al-Houthi. Yemen Post.
  5. ↑ Iran urges all sides to end Yemen conflict Archived November 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. İslâmi Davet. 24 November 2009.
  6. ↑ the 500 most influential muslim,p.166.2009,ed by John Esposito & Ebrahim Kalin
  7. ↑ "قراءة لنشأة الحوثية وأهدافها ومستقبلها". studies.aljazeera.net. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  8. 1 2 "Al-Houthi: Rebel with a cause, or religious zealot bent on total victory?". Arab News. 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  9. ↑ McCarthy, Rory (6 March 2006). "Chewing the qat". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  10. ↑ Ludovico Carlino (August 2013). "Militant Leadership Monitor". The Jamestown Foundation - Militant Leadership Monitor: 12. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "وفاة بدر الدين الحوثي أبرز مرجعيات الطائفة الشيعية الزيدية - فرانس 24". فرانس 24 (in Arabic). 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2018-08-26.


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