Islamic Unification Movement | |
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حركة التوحيد الإسلامي | |
Leaders | Said Shaaban Bilal Shaaban Hashem Minqara |
Dates of operation | 1982 - 1991 |
Split from | Lebanese Islamic Group |
Headquarters | Bab al-Tabbaneh (Tripoli) |
Active regions | Tripoli, Akkar, West Beirut, Sidon, Jabal Amel |
Ideology | Islamism |
Size | 1,000 fighters |
Allies | Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Hezbollah Iran |
Opponents | Arab Democratic Party (ADP) Lebanese Communist Party (LCP) Lebanese National Resistance Front Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) Baath Party in Lebanon Internal Security Forces (ISF) South Lebanon Army (SLA) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Syrian Army |
Battles and wars | Lebanese Civil War |
Member State of the Arab League |
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The Islamic Unification Movement – IUM (Arabic: حركة التوحيد الإسلامي | Harakat al-Tawhid al-Islami), also named Islamic Unity Movement, but best known as Al-Tawhid, At-Tawhid, or Tawheed, is a Lebanese Sunni Muslim political party. It has played an active role in Lebanese internal politics since the Lebanese Civil War in the 1980s.