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The name ‮حزب الله‬ is transliterated from the Arabic in a number of ways. A scientific transliteration would be hizbu' llah. Hezbollah is used by CNN and BBC. It is also written as Hizbullah, Hizballah, Hizbollah, Hezbullah, and the literal Arabic version Hizb Allah, which is used by Al Jazeera. "Hizb" (party) is the Modern Standard Arabic pronunciation, and "Hezb" is closer to Persian and to Lebanese dialect. The 'h' is pharyngeal in Arabic, but a normal 'h' sound in Persian. The "-llah" ending, originally "Allah", means "(the) God". The name is derived ...

Hezbollah: Encyclopedia II - Hezbollah - Alternative spellings and names

Hezbollah - Alternative spellings and names

The name ‮حزب الله‬ is transliterated from the Arabic in a number of ways. A scientific transliteration would be hizbu' llah. Hezbollah is used by CNN and BBC. It is also written as Hizbullah, Hizballah, Hizbollah, Hezbullah, and the literal Arabic version Hizb Allah, which is used by Al Jazeera. "Hizb" (party) is the Modern Standard Arabic pronunciation, and "Hezb" is closer to Persian and to Lebanese dialect. The 'h' is pharyngeal in Arabic, but a normal 'h' sound in Persian. The "-llah" ending, originally "Allah", means "(the) God". The name is derived from a Quranic aaya (verse) referring to the "Party of God".

Hezbollah has a military branch known as Al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya ("The Islamic Resistance"), and is the possible sponsor of a number of lesser-known militant organizations, some of which may be little more than fronts for Hezbollah itself. These organizations include the Organization of the Oppressed, the Revolutionary Justice Organization, the Organization of Right Against Wrong, and Followers of the Prophet Muhammed. [1]

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