Free Shia Movement

Free Shia Movement
التيار الشيعي الحرّ
Leader Sheikh Mohammad Al Hajj Hassan
Founded 2006 (2006)
Headquarters Beirut, Lebanon
Religion Shia Muslim
National affiliation March 14 Alliance
Website
www.chi3a.org

Free Shia Movement (Arabic: التيار الشيعي الحرّ,Al-Tayar Al-Shi'iy Al-Hurr) is a Lebanese Shi'ite political movement allied with the Lebanese opposition March 14 Alliance and opposed to mainstream Shi'ite movements allied with the March 8 Alliance, namely Hezbollah and Amal Movement.

It is headed by Sheikh Mohammad Al Hajj Hassan[1] and is opposed to the alleged political hegemony of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement on the Shi'ite community in Lebanon.[2] It also opposed the intervention of Hezbollah in Syrian civil war.[1]

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