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Amal, n. (a.)
(əˈmɑːl, ‖ ˈamal)
[a. Arab. amal hope; in full Ḥarakat al-Amal Movement of Hope. Also said to represent an acronym (as unvocalized 'ml) of afwāj al-muqāwama al-Lubnāniyya detachments of the resistance of the Lebanese.]
A Shiite Muslim political and paramilitary organization founded in Lebanon by Imam Musa Sadr in 1975. Also attrib. or as adj.
1979Middle East Jrnl. XXXIII. 449 The Shī῾ī imām, Musa al-Sadr,..organized a political movement called Amal (Hope). 1980N.Y. Times 11 June a6/6 Mr. Berry, the Amal militia leader, blames Libya and particularly Iraq for provoking the recent clashes between Shiites and Palestinians. 1982Washington Post 30 Aug. a10/5 The biggest militia force outside the Movement is Amal, the militia of Lebanon's..Shiite Moslem community. 1983Facts on File World News Digest 18 Nov. 870 a/2 U.S. officials privately accused Islamic Amal and its leader..of providing personnel, explosives [etc.]. 1985Ann. Reg. 1984 195 The Lebanese temporarily withdrew..after Israel had arrested men of the Amal movement. 1986Lebanon News 31 Oct. 3/2 The Shiite Amal Movement launched an aggressive shelling campaign on the Christian Kesrouwan province. |