Mohammed Shreidi
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Mohammed Shreidi was the youngest son of Sheik
Hisham Shreidi
founder of Osbat al-Ansar
. After the killings of his father in 1991 and his older brother, Abdullah Shreidi
in 2003 by the al-Fatah militia
in Ain al-Hilweh
. Shreidi attempted to lead Asbat al-Nour when he was 18 years old. On February 11, 2004 Mohhamed Shreidi was killed by al-Fatah gunmen.
Sheikh
Not to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...
Hisham Shreidi
Hisham Shreidi
Hisham Shreidi lived in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in Lebanon and was the founder of sunni extremist group Osbat al-Ansar. During the Lebanese Civil War in the 1980s Shreidi was a leader of the Islamic Association, a sunni fundamentalist group. However in 1986 he was expelled due...
founder of Osbat al-Ansar
Osbat al-Ansar
Osbat al-Ansar or Asbat an-Ansar is a Lebanon-based Sunni fundamentalist group established in the early 1990s which professes the Salifi form of Islam and the overthrow of the Lebanese-dominated secular government...
. After the killings of his father in 1991 and his older brother, Abdullah Shreidi
Abdullah Shreidi
Abdullah Shreidi was a Palestinian who lived in Ain al-Hilweh in southern Lebanon and was the founder of Osbat al-Nour. Abdullah Shreidi was the son of Osbat al-Ansar founder Sheik Hisham Shreidi. Abdullah formed Osbat al-Nour in 1991 after his father was killed by al-Fatah members...
in 2003 by the al-Fatah militia
Militia
The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary citizens to provide defense, emergency law enforcement, or paramilitary service, in times of emergency without being paid a regular salary or committed to a fixed term of service. It is a polyseme with...
in Ain al-Hilweh
Ain al-Hilweh
Ain al-Hilweh is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon with over 70,000 refugees, located on the outskirts of the port of Sidon. Because Lebanese Armed Forces are not allowed to enter the camp Ain al-Hilweh has been called a "zone of unlaw" by the Lebanese media...
. Shreidi attempted to lead Asbat al-Nour when he was 18 years old. On February 11, 2004 Mohhamed Shreidi was killed by al-Fatah gunmen.