Profile: Ahd Allah Islamic Movement
History and objectives: HAAI was established on November 3, 2020, by Seyyed Hashem al-Haidari, an influential muqawama ideologue. Haidari was Kataib Hezbollah's (KH) secretary general between 2016 and 2018. HAAI “believes in vilayet-e faqih (guardianship of the Islamic jurists)” and “that Imam Khomeini revived Islam”. HAAI’s activities revolve around Haidari’s thoughts in the form of his speeches which: propagate vilayet-e faqih propagate anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli sentiments propagate the idea of taking up arms against the U.S. and Israel to prepare for the advent of Imam ...