Moussa Sadr: The Charismatic Father of the Shia Awakening

par Michel Touma, 31/08 10:48 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Imam Moussa Sadr Lebanese Shia community

The Libyan capital, August 25, 1978: Imam Moussa Sadr, the spiritual leader of the Lebanese Shia community and President of the Supreme Islamic Shia Council (SISC), along with two of his close associates Sheikh Mohammad Yacoub and journalist Abbas Badreddine, arrived in Libya at the invitation of then-leader Colonel Moammar Gaddafi. On August 31, ...