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Al-Houthi was born in Saada Governorate, Yemen Arab Republic, into the Houthi tribe on 22 May 1979. [2] [3] He is a Zaydi Shia Muslim.His father, Badreddin al-Houthi, was a religious scholar of Yemen's minority Zaydi sect. Abdul-Malik is the youngest among his eight brothers. [4]
Al-Houthi (Arabic: الحوثي) is the tribal surname of Houthi tribe and it is the surname of four brothers who have or are leading the Zaidi Shia insurgency in Yemen and whose followers are referred to as the Houthis. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (born 1979) Badreddin al-Houthi (1926–2010) Hussein al-Houthi (1959–2004) Mohammed al-Houthi (born ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Houthis الحوثيون The Sarkha, translated as' God is the Greatest, Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse be upon the Jews, Victory to Islam,' is the main political slogan of the Houthi movement. Also known as Ansar Allah Leaders Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (since 2004) Hussein al-Houthi ...
There is circumstantial evidence pointing to an informal relationship between Iran and the Houthis during the 1990s, [1] as members of the al-Houthi family, Badr al-Din al-Houthi, and his sons, Hussein al-Houthi and Abdul Malik al-Houthi received religious training in the Iranian Islamic seminary in al-Qom.
On the same day in a televised speech Houthi leader Abdul Malik Al Houthi called for a meeting in Sana'a on 30 January between political factions and tribal leaders to try to end political uncertainty. [65] Most factions boycotted the meeting, with only Ali Abdullah Saleh's GPC joining the discussions.
Badreddin al-Houthi (Arabic: بدرالدين الحوثي; 3 November 1926 – 25 November 2010; also spelled Badr al-Din Al-Houthi) was a Yemeni politician and Zaidi Shia scholar. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] He was the father of the founder of the Houthi movement , Hussein al-Houthi , and the father of the organization's current leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi .
Zaydi Muslims loyal to Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, a powerful tribal leader from the northern Saada Governorate, participated in the Yemeni Revolution in 2011 and 2012. However, the Houthis also clashed with Islamists from Yemen's Islah party, with sporadic and sometimes intense fighting in the northern village of Dammaj, as well as several neighboring governorates.
Brandt, M. (2017). Tribes and Politics in Yemen: A History of the Houthi Conflict.Oxford University Press. Caton, S. C. (2005). Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of ...