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Since 2013, the Houthi current changed its name to Harakat Ansar Allah (Ansar Allah Movement) and gained greater popularity among Yemeni tribes and people. [[Ansar Allah]] Movement started a revolution against Yemeni government in 2014, whose president was 'Abd Rabbih Mansour Hadi, because of the government's corruption, despotism, and failure to fulfill people's demands. | Since 2013, the Houthi current changed its name to Harakat Ansar Allah (Ansar Allah Movement) and gained greater popularity among Yemeni tribes and people. [[Ansar Allah]] Movement started a revolution against Yemeni government in 2014, whose president was 'Abd Rabbih Mansour Hadi, because of the government's corruption, despotism, and failure to fulfill people's demands. | ||
==Intellectual Current== | ===Intellectual Current=== | ||
The development of the Zaydi intellectual current in Yemen can be traced back to the revolution of 1947 against the government of Yahya Hamid al-Din, the last leader of the Zaydi rule. This current believed that the election of the Imam has to be conducted by all people. They believed that the government has to have four branches: executive branch consisting of the Zaydi Imam and his officials, parliament, judiciary branch, and religious scholars. The family of Al Wazir is the leader of the intellectual current. After the revolution of 1962, while rejecting the Western model of government, they supported establishing an Islamic government based on their proposed model. | The development of the Zaydi intellectual current in Yemen can be traced back to the revolution of 1947 against the government of Yahya Hamid al-Din, the last leader of the Zaydi rule. This current believed that the election of the Imam has to be conducted by all people. They believed that the government has to have four branches: executive branch consisting of the Zaydi Imam and his officials, parliament, judiciary branch, and religious scholars. The family of Al Wazir is the leader of the intellectual current. After the revolution of 1962, while rejecting the Western model of government, they supported establishing an Islamic government based on their proposed model. | ||
Demoting the belief in the designation of [[Imam Ali (a)]] as the successor of [[ | Demoting the belief in the designation of [[Imam Ali (a)]] as the successor of the [[Prophet (s)]], this Zaydi current has interpreted [[Hadith al-Ghadir]] as calling people to love Imam Ali (s). They question the authenticity of the Prophetic hadith "The Imams are from [[Quraysh]]," and regard it as an Umayyad invention. They believe that the Imam has to be elected by the people, and his being a descendant of [[Lady Fatima (a)]] is only an idea emphasized by Qasim al-Rassi (d. 246 AH/860-61) and not a fundamental principle. Al Wazir's idea of government is very close to Western democracy. | ||
==Secular Current== | ==Secular Current== | ||