1. Subhi al-Tufayli is a Lebanese senior Shi'ite cleric and politician who helped found Hezbollah in 1982 and served as its first secretary-general from 1989 until 1991.
10 Facts About Subhi al-Tufayli
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In 1984, Subhi al-Tufayli was replaced by Abbas al-Musawi as head of Hezbollah.
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Subhi al-Tufayli disagreed with Hezbollah's support of the Government crack down on drug cultivation.
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Subhi al-Tufayli created a breakaway group from Hezbollah with a more populist anti-corruption tone.
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In February 2013, Subhi al-Tufayli berated Hezbollah for fighting on behalf of the Syrian government in the Syrian civil war.
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Subhi al-Tufayli said, "Hezbollah should not be defending the criminal regime that kills its own people and that has never fired a shot in defense of the Palestinians".
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Subhi al-Tufayli added: "those Hezbollah fighters who are killing children and terrorizing people and destroying houses in Syria will go to hell".
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Subhi al-Tufayli berated the Lebanese Army for not stopping Lebanese citizens crossing the border to fight in Syria.
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Subhi al-Tufayli claimed that ISIS was created by Iranian and Syrian Governments with help from Russia.
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In January 2007, Subhi al-Tufayli has stated that Hassan Nasrallah is implementing the agenda of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Khamenei, that the Islamic Republic's doctrine of "Rule of the Jurisprudent" is un-Islamic and its government tyrannical.