Islamic Unification Movement

Islamic Unification Movement
حركة التوحيد الإسلامي
LeadersSaid Shaaban
Bilal Shaaban
Hashem Minqara
Dates of operation1982 - 1991
Split from Lebanese Islamic Group
HeadquartersBab al-Tabbaneh (Tripoli)
Active regionsTripoli, Akkar, West Beirut, Sidon, Jabal Amel
IdeologyIslamism
Size1,000 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
Lebanon Internal Security Forces (ISF)
South Lebanon Army (SLA)
Israel Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Syrian Army
Battles and warsLebanese Civil War

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.


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