Badreddin al-Houthi

Short description: Yemeni politician and scholar

Badreddin al-Houthi
بدرالدين الحوثي

Born| 3 November 1926

Dahyan, Saada Governorate

Died| 25 November 2010(2010-11-25) (aged 84)
Nationality| Yemeni
Political party| Party of Truth (Yemen)
Children| Hussein, Abdul-Malik, Yahia, Muhammad, Ibrahim,[1] Abdulkhalik,[2] Abdul-Karim[3][4][5][6]
Family| al-Houthi

Badreddin al-Houthi (Arabic: بدرالدين الحوثي; 3 November 1926 – 25 November 2010) also spelled Badr al-Din Al-Houthi was a Yemeni politician and scholar of Zaidi Islam.[7]

## Life

He was born in Dahyan, Saada. He is one of the founders of Party of Truth in Yemen and the spiritual leader of Ansar Allah movement. He is the father of Abdul-Malik and Hussein. Upon the death of Hussein in 2004, he briefly took over the leadership of the Houthi movement.[8][9]

In 2010 he died at the age of 84 as a result of complications relating to asthma.[10]

## References

1. ↑ "Clashes in southern Yemen; rebels leader’s brother killed". Associated Press. 9 August 2019. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-clashes-in-southern-yemen-rebels-leaders-brother-killed/.
2. ↑ "Brother of Houthis' top leader believed dead after air strike". 1 September 2018. https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/brother-of-houthis-top-leader-believed-dead-after-air-strike-1.765793.
3. ↑ Yemeni rebel leader denies seeking Shi'ite state. Mail & Guardian. 29 September 2009.
4. ↑ Almasmari, Hakim (6 September 2009). “My Group”, Abdul Malik Al-Houthi. Yemen Post.
5. ↑ Iran urges all sides to end Yemen conflict . İslâmi Davet. 24 November 2009.
6. ↑ the 500 most influential muslim,p.166.2009,ed by John Esposito & Ebrahim Kalin
7. ↑ "قراءة لنشأة الحوثية وأهدافها ومستقبلها". http://studies.aljazeera.net/reports/2009/201172110593234241.htm=. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
8. ↑ McCarthy, Rory (6 March 2006). "Chewing the qat" (in en). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/mar/06/worlddispatch.rorymccarthy. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
9. ↑ "Militant Leadership Monitor". p. 12. https://www.academia.edu/4818151/A_Portrait_of_Tunisia_s_Ansar_al-_Shari_a_Leader_Abu_Iyad_al-Tunisi_His_Strategy_on_Jihad. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
10. ↑ "وفاة بدر الدين الحوثي أبرز مرجعيات الطائفة الشيعية الزيدية - فرانس 24" (in ar-AR). فرانس 24. 2010-11-25. https://www.france24.com/ar/20101125-yemen-houthi-rebels-leader-badreddine-houthi-died-shiite.

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