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Abdel Karim Obeid


Abdel Karim Obeid (Listeni/ˈæbdʊl ˈkɑːrm ˈbd/; Arabic: الشيخ عبد الكريم عبيد‎‎) is a Sheikh and Imam of the village of Jibchit in south Lebanon, high-place of Lebanese Shiism.

Regarded as the spiritual leader and soldier of the 'Islamic Amal' (no relation with the similarly named secular Resistance movement Amal, except for both catered to the Lebanese Shia community) in the south of Tyre, close to Hezbollah and related to the operations of capturing western hostages since 1982.


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