Hezbollah

[,hezbə'lɑ:]

Hezbollah (n.): extremist Shiite group active in Lebanon, founded c. 1982, from Persian hezbollah, Arabic hizbullah, literally "Party of God," from hezb/hizb "party" + allah "God." An adherent is a Hezbollahi. The name of various Islamic groups in modern times, the name itself is attested in English by 1960 in referense to an Indonesian guerilla battalion of 1945 that "grew out of a similarly named organization formed by the Japanese to give training in military drill to young Moslems."
In Modjokuto (like Masjumi itself, Hizbullah was Indonesia-wide but, also like Masjumi, it had little effective central organization) this group was led by the present head of Muhammadijah -- the same man who a year or so before was going to Djakarta for propaganda training and studying to be a kamikaze. [Clifford Geertz, "The Religion of Java," Chicago, 1960]

2. Yesterday Hezbollah launched its deadliest attack yet on northern Israel.: 昨天,真主党在以色列北部发起了空前的致命袭击.

3. Hezbollah is believed to have terror cells in Europe and North America.: 相信真主党在欧洲和北美有恐怖单元.

4. Hezbollah rockets pounded the Israeli port city of Haifa overnight.: 黎巴嫩真主党火箭昨晚猛烈轰击以色列港口城市海法.

5. Israel and the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon are escalating their attacks.: 以色列及黎巴嫩的好战真主派之间的冲突正在升级.