Lebanese Option Party حزب الإنتماء اللبناني | |
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Leader | Ahmed Kamel Asaad |
Founded | 2007 (Movement) 2010 (Party) |
Headquarters | Beirut, Lebanon |
Ideology |
Secularism Moderate Shia Islamism Liberalism Economic liberalism |
Political position | Centre to centre-right |
Religion | Shia Islam |
National affiliation | March 14 Alliance |
Website | |
www.lebaneseoption.org | |
Lebanese Option Party ( Arabic: حزب الإنتماء اللبناني) is a Lebanese secular and an economically liberal party, which is also a predominantly Shia political movement established in 2007. [1] It is headed by Ahmad Kamel Asaad, the son of the former speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Kamel El-Assaad and the grandson of the former speaker of the Parliament Ahmad El-Assaad.
Lebanese Option strongly protests the political hegemony of the two movements Hezbollah and Amal Movement on the Shi'ite community in Lebanon. [2] Its platform is more in line with the Lebanese majority March 14 Alliance and greatly opposed to mainstream Shi'ite movements allied with the March 8 Alliance, namely Hezbollah and Amal Movement. But the Lebanese Option is not an official part of the March 14 Alliance and keeps an independent secular status.
In early June 2013, a Lebanese Option activist, and head of the party's student wing Hashem Salman was shot dead [3] [4] during a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut. The protest, organized by the LOP, criticized Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian Civil War. [5] In mid-October 2013, its leader, Ahmad El-Assaad, called for Lebanon to cut ties with Bashar al-Assad's government and the expulsion of its ambassador. [6]
Lebanese Option Party حزب الإنتماء اللبناني | |
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![]() | |
Leader | Ahmed Kamel Asaad |
Founded | 2007 (Movement) 2010 (Party) |
Headquarters | Beirut, Lebanon |
Ideology |
Secularism Moderate Shia Islamism Liberalism Economic liberalism |
Political position | Centre to centre-right |
Religion | Shia Islam |
National affiliation | March 14 Alliance |
Website | |
www.lebaneseoption.org | |
Lebanese Option Party ( Arabic: حزب الإنتماء اللبناني) is a Lebanese secular and an economically liberal party, which is also a predominantly Shia political movement established in 2007. [1] It is headed by Ahmad Kamel Asaad, the son of the former speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Kamel El-Assaad and the grandson of the former speaker of the Parliament Ahmad El-Assaad.
Lebanese Option strongly protests the political hegemony of the two movements Hezbollah and Amal Movement on the Shi'ite community in Lebanon. [2] Its platform is more in line with the Lebanese majority March 14 Alliance and greatly opposed to mainstream Shi'ite movements allied with the March 8 Alliance, namely Hezbollah and Amal Movement. But the Lebanese Option is not an official part of the March 14 Alliance and keeps an independent secular status.
In early June 2013, a Lebanese Option activist, and head of the party's student wing Hashem Salman was shot dead [3] [4] during a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut. The protest, organized by the LOP, criticized Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian Civil War. [5] In mid-October 2013, its leader, Ahmad El-Assaad, called for Lebanon to cut ties with Bashar al-Assad's government and the expulsion of its ambassador. [6]