Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led since 1992 by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. Its armed strength is assessed to be equivalent to that of a medium-sized army.
Hezbollah
Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, the third and current Secretary General of Hezbollah
Nasrallah visiting Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, August 2005
A December 2006 anti-government rally in Beirut
Islamism is a religio-political ideology. The advocates of Islamism, also known as "al-Islamiyyun", are dedicated to realizing their ideological interpretation of Islam within the context of the state or society. The majority of them are affiliated with Islamic institutions or social mobilization movements, often designated as "al-harakat al-Islamiyyah." Islamists emphasize the implementation of sharia, pan-Islamic political unity, the creation of Islamic states,, and rejection of non-Muslim influences—particularly Western or universal economic, military, political, social, or cultural.
Al-Manār magazine, the most popular 20th century Islamic journal that called for the restoration of Caliphate
Salafi-Islamist protest against the anti-Islamic film Innocence of Muslims in Sydney, 15 September 2012. The protesters carry signs reading "Behead all those who insult the Prophet" and "Our dead are in Paradise. Your dead are in HELL!"
Protests against Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Christian governor of Jakarta, 2 December 2016
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, Syria, 2014