Slain Hizballah top dog Safieddine studied at Islamic seminaries in Iran before becoming jihad group leader

He studied at Islamic seminaries and yet somehow didn’t encounter the Islamic teachings of peace and tolerance that are so blazingly obvious to Western non-Muslim political leaders, but obscure to the point of nonexistent to anyone else.

“Israel kills Hezbollah’s ‘new leader’ in blitz on ‘secret bunker’ in another huge blow for Iran-backed terror group,” by Katherine Lawton, Daily Mail, October 23, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Israel has killed Hezbollah’s ‘next leader’ in a fatal blitz on a hidden bunker in the latest blow for the Iran-backed terror group.

Hashem Safieddine was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut in early October, the Israeli military said today.

Safieddine was a powerful cleric within the Hezbollah ranks and was anticipated to succeed Hassan Nasrallah….

About 25 other Hezbollah leaders were also reportedly killed during the airstrike.

As the head of Hezbollah’s executive council, Safieddine oversaw the group’s political affairs. He also sat on the Jihad Council, where he helped manage military affairs….

He wore a black turban denoting descent from Islam’s Prophet Mohammed, and his physical resemblance to Nasrallah – who led the Lebanese Shi’ite group for more than three decades – also marked him as a favourite for the succession.

Safieddine hails from a prominent Lebanese Shi’ite family, and was born in the country’s predominantly Shi’ite south.

He studied at religious seminaries in the Iranian city of Qom before returning to Lebanon in the 1990s to assume leadership responsibilities in the group….