Imam al-Mahdi Scouts

Imam al-Mahdi Scouts
Imam al-Mahdi old (original) logo
Arabic: كشاف الإمام المهدي
CountryLebanon
Founded5 May 1985
Membership100,000
PresidentDr. Bilal Naim
AffiliationLebanese Scouting Federation
Website
http://www.almahdiscouts.net
 Scouting portal

The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts (Arabic: كشاف الإمام المهدي, Kashafat al-Imam al-Mahdi) is a youth movement that was established in Lebanon on 5 May 1985 by the political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah. It is named for Muhammad al-Mahdi.[1][2]

The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts became a member of the Lebanese Scouting Federation and thus of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1998.[1][3][4] The organization has about 100,000 members[5] of both genders between the ages of 8-16 organized into 500 local groups.

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  2. ^ "Egyptian Weekly on Hizbullah's Armed Children's Militias". The Middle East Media Research Institute. 1 September 2006.
  3. ^ Coombes, Andrew (21 December 2007). "Hezbollah's Scout brigade". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 22 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Member Associations". Lebanese Scouting Federation. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  5. ^ "كشافة الإمام المهدي (عجل الله فرجه) - القناة الرسمية". WhatsApp.com. Retrieved 3 January 2024.