Hezbollah Is for Lovers?

By Joe Kaufman
FrontPageMagazine.com


When Israeli troops entered Southern Lebanon this past July, in response to the abductions of two IDF soldiers, a problem arose as to whom the target was. Media outlets repeated the notion that the Hezbollah fighters were hiding within civilian neighborhoods, using the populace as ‘human shields.’ Few conceded that the problem was much worse, that the neighborhoods themselves were Hezbollah, comprised of an interconnected support network of Hezbollah families. This article is about one such family – a young couple and their newborn son. It’s a terrorist love story. However, the characters in this story are not living in Lebanon. No, they are living right here, in the United States.

Majeda is a 24-year-old female Shiite Muslim, who blogs (publishes one’s thoughts or comments chronologically) on a website that goes by the same name as hers. Born in Lebanon, Majeda left for Canada at an early age in 1988. Today, she lives in Orlando, Florida with her husband, Yusef Amin, and her 9-month-old son.

Blogging has become a big part of Majeda’s life. In January of 2004, she became a member of the AhlulBayt Discussion Forum on ShiaChat.com, which she currently is still a part of. The forum holds discussions on such matters as where one can purchase Hezbollah flags and how people who describe themselves as Jews are not really Jews. It is on this blog that Majeda first proclaimed to the world her support for Hezbollah. In a blog entry she started, on March 29, 2004, lauding the deceased founder of Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, she stated, “I'm a supporter of Hizbullah, and all islamic jihad movements that adhere to Islamic laws and regulations when they are engaged in jihad…”

Less than a month later, on April 17, 2004, Majeda would discuss her devotion to Hezbollah’s leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah. She wrote, “They wouldn’t dare touch Nasra’Allah… but if they do, it’s ON… and if they do, it’d be a great loss to the Islamic Ummah, but the man will surely be granted paradise through such a martyrdom… May Allah grant him a long life, and make him among the Mahdi’s soldiers… I would LOVE to be led by Nasra’Allah, while among the Mahdi’s army insha’Allah.”

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