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Shi'ite leader from southern Lebanon who disappeared during a 1978 visit to Libya, believed to have been killed by Libyan authorities. 1928 Qom, Iran

Sheikh Mussa Sadr was a Shi'ite leader from southern Lebanon. He disappeared on a visit to Libya in 1978. Ari Ben-Menashe wrote that the Libya had killed him for preaching Shi'ite Islam rather than their own brand of the religion.1

His disappearance became a point of contention during Abdul Salam Jalloud visit to Iran after the Iranian Revolution, with Iran hosts demanding an explanation from Muammar Qaddafi right-hand man.1

Footnotes

  1. Ben-Menashe, Ari. Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network. Sheridan Square Press, 1992 (TrineDay reprint, 2015). ↩︎