Talk:Amal Movement

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Not "conservative" or centre right".

Where is the evidence that Amal is "conservative" and "centre right"? Historically it was a Populist leftist "Social Justice" group.2A02:C7D:B417:4800:8DA6:C318:AD5A:2E97 (talk) 08:16, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Lack of sources
There appears to be a serious lack of English Language information about this party on the internet. I've put a link to what appears to be the party website, but it's all arabic with no translation. Can anyone find anything better? M-Henry 19:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

There is good English-language information available about Amal and its involvement in Lebanese politics in the 1970's and 1980's in H.E. Chehabi's book Distant Relations: Iran and Lebanon in the Last 500 Years (2006, I.B. Tauris Publishers: New York). The essay I have in mind here is Chehabi's "Iran and Lebanon in the Revolutionary Decade", chapter 9. I do not have time now to summarize this information, but this work also illuminates the relationship between Iran and many militant Shi'a activist groups in Lebanon and the surrounding region of the time. Suffice it to say that these relationships closely relate to the Shi'a nature of Amal, and the valid statement discussed below about Shi'a disenfranchisement prior to this period. In the interest of making this claim objective, more information about the relationship of Shi'a communnities and peoples to Marionite Christians, who were better represented in governing bodies prior to this period, can be found in Kamal Salibi's book, A House of Many Mansions (1988, University of California Press: Berkeley/Los Angeles). The chapter I have in mind here is number 11, called "The War over Lebanese History". [in_flux, May 25, 2009] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.245.162.184 (talk) 23:37, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Queries
"Amal's historical objectives are to achieve respect for Lebanon's long-alienated Shiite population and a fairer distribution of resources for the South"

In what way is the term "long-alienated Shiite population" neutral?

---> The Shia have long been considered Lebanon's proletariat and were completely underrepresented among all of the Lebanese elites. Few well-informed people would disagree with this. JB 10/16/06

"Amal grew strong through its close ties with the Islamic regime of Iran"

I'm wondering is the above statement isn't accurate. According to Lebanon: Death of a Nation by Sandra Mackey, Amal was more closely tied to Syria. If Amal and Iran did have ties, I'msure that Iran's ties were closer to Hizbullah. Dinopup 02:00, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

The first couple of paragraphs are repeated.

Amal is a Shi'a party
Just confirming that Amal is a Shi'a (or at least mostly shiia) party. For three reasons: First, It has a majority of Shi'a. Second, it was founded by Moussa Sader, who was the highest Shii spiritual leader of Lebanon. Third, during the Lebanese civil war, it was involved against the mourabettoon, a Sunni militia.500LL 10:04, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Official name
The official name of the party is "Amal Movement" and not "Amal party". 500LL 18:53, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

about corruption
Amal movement was never corrupted but on the other hand was trying to make southern Lebanon a better place- especially because the Lebanese government was disregarding this part of Lebanon

Broken wikilinks and spelling
The article contains "Hussein Husseini," "Hussein El-Husseini," and "Hussein el-Husseini." Presumably these terms all refer to the same person. I won't try to correct the article since I don't know which one's right. Alison Chaiken 04:31, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

role in current conflict?
does the amal movement have an active role in the current conflict? i ask because i saw some pictures of amal buildings having been destroyed by the IDF. gbrandt 13:47, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Musa al-Sadr
There appears to be a number of spellings so I've changed spelling to match that of existing wiki page.

War of the camps
This subject has its own wiki page. Keeping information on it in this article is leading to duplication and conflicting accounts. Wouldn't it be better to to merge this section with the separate wiki page and make a link to it from here?

Attacks on the camps, not just confrontation in the War of the camps
The conflict on the control of the Palestinian refugee camps shouldn't be shown as a mere confrontation of two parties fighting each other for their control, but as Amal wanting to control them and attacking them. In fact, Amal militiamen, with the Lebanes Army's (mainly Shi'ite) 6th Brigade surrounded, laid siege and bombarded them -wiht mostly Palestinian civilians and very few and very young defenders inside- during weeks firstly, and during months in the 3rd siege. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.39.218.10 (talk) 10:54, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

WPMILHIST Assessment
This article is arguably a thorough proofreading away from a B-Class rating on the Military History scale. -- Avocado (talk) 20:58, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Merge Deprived Movement
There is a proposal to merge Deprived Movement here since 2009. I agree, I think it should be merged. Any other thoughts? --KarlB (talk) 04:15, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Article in serious need of updating
I see that there has been a fair amount of editing of this article lately. However, as it stands now, there is no discussion of events since about 2009. Perhaps there was some in sections that were deleted? It would be excellent if someone with knowledge of the subject can bring it up to date. Preferably someone with a good knowledge of Arabic and French, which I don't have. Davidhof (talk) 18:19, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

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