Badreddin al-Houthi

Badreddin al-Houthi بدرالدين الحوثي
Born	3 November 1926 Dahyan, Saada, Kingdom of Yemen
Died	25 November 2010(2010-11-25) (aged 84)
Nationality	Yemeni
Political party	Party of Truth (Yemen)
Children	Hussein, Abdul-Malik, Yahia, Muhammad, Ibrahim,[1] Abdulkhalik,[2] Abdul-Karim[3][4][5][6]
Family	al-Houthi

Badreddin al-Houthi^[a] (3 November 1926 – 25 November 2010) was a Yemeni Islamic scholar and politician. A Zaydi Shia, 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.^[7][8]

Life

He was born in Dahyan, Saada. He studied Zaydism under Majd al-Din al-Muayyadi, a prominent Saudi scholar appointed as Grand Mufti of the Hejaz by Faisal of Saudi Arabia.^[8] He is one of the founders of the Party of Truth in Yemen and the spiritual leader of the Houthi movement. Upon the death of his son Hussein in 2004, he briefly took over the leadership of the Houthi movement.^[9][10]

In 2010 he died at the age of 84 as a result of complications relating to asthma.^[11]

References

1. "Clashes in southern Yemen; rebels leader's brother killed". Globe and Mail. Associated Press. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
2. "Brother of Houthis' top leader believed dead after air strike". The National (Abu Dhabi). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
3. Yemeni rebel leader denies seeking Shi'ite state. Mail & Guardian. 29 September 2009.
4. Almasmari, Hakim (6 September 2009). “My Group”, Abdul Malik Al-Houthi. Yemen Post.
5. Iran urges all sides to end Yemen conflict Archived November 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. İslâmi Davet. 24 November 2009.
6. the 500 most influential muslim,p.166.2009,ed by John Esposito & Ebrahim Kalin
7. "قراءة لنشأة الحوثية وأهدافها ومستقبلها". studies.aljazeera.net. Retrieved 2018-08-26.^{[dead link‍]}
8. "Al-Houthi: Rebel with a cause, or religious zealot bent on total victory?". Arab News. 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
9. McCarthy, Rory (6 March 2006). "Chewing the qat". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
10. Ludovico Carlino (August 2013). "Militant Leadership Monitor". The Jamestown Foundation - Militant Leadership Monitor: 12. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
11. "وفاة بدر الدين الحوثي أبرز مرجعيات الطائفة الشيعية الزيدية - فرانس 24". فرانس 24 (in Arabic). 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2018-08-26.

Notes

1. Arabic: بدرالدين الحوثي, romanized: Badr al-Dīn al-Ḥūthī