Badreddin al-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 Islam.[7]

Badreddin al-Houthi
بدرالدين الحوثي
Born3 November 1926
Dahyan, Saada Governorate
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

Life

He was born in Dahyan, Saada. He is one of the founders of 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.[8][9]

In 2010 he died at the age of 84 as a result of complications relating to asthma.[10]

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. McCarthy, Rory (6 March 2006). "Chewing the qat". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  9. Ludovico Carlino. "Militant Leadership Monitor". Academia.edu. p. 12. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  10. "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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