By Hezbollah.. Children’s schools turned into military barracks to teach extremism in Lebanon

Lebanon’s Hezbollah insists on turning Lebanon into a sectarian military barracks, and even schoolchildren have not been spared the evil of the pro-Iranian militia in Lebanon.

In a report, the French newspaper L’Express highlighted the controversial military program adopted by the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon’s schools, thus sounding a warning call against attempts by the militia to instill extremist and terrorist ideas in the minds of Lebanese children.

In a report titled “The first phase of production of hate begins in Lebanese Hezbollah schools”, French newspaper L’Express said the sectarian party provides paramilitary education to Lebanon’s children, as these children receive “the worship of Tehran and its religious and military leaders, and the promotion of Iranian culture and traditions” in Hezbollah’s institutions.

According to the newspaper, 18-year-old computer science student Amir said, “One day I returned home from school to cry, telling my father that I wanted to die as a martyr in Islam”.

“On that day, the Lebanese youth was still in kindergarten at a school in al-Mustafa in southern Lebanon, which is for religious education associations”, the newspaper said.

The newspaper pointed to the date of that day on November 11, which is a day of remembrance of the dead of the Shiite Hezbollah loyal to Iran, explaining that they “seek to glorify that day and use it as an occasion to make fighters”.

The newspaper L’Express added: “In this network of institutions set up by Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem in 1984, children from well-to-do families, overwhelmingly Shia, receive the official Lebanese education program”.

“The most important thing is what you study in addition to the original curriculum, especially the concepts of resistance against Israel, as if we were training at a regular military school”, said Amir.

Education in the concepts of resistance, war, and fighting for children is now common at Hezbollah schools, which are supposed to be part of the Lebanese Ministry of Education, and the curricula must be adhered to.

In recent months, short videos have surfaced on social networks in Lebanon, showing young students receiving their education in private schools run by Hezbollah, but waving small Iranian flags or posing with the image of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, which the paper considered surprising.

The newspaper also pointed to the party’s strategy in boosting the morale of its supporters, forcing girl scouts from the Al-Mahdi network to sing a song to glorify a drone named “Hassan” that flew in northern Israel on a reconnaissance mission for several minutes last February. Hezbollah said at the time that it was a response to Israel’s attacks and a warning to it, and that is why the Shiite party sought to glorify it.

The newspaper explained that these schools, which are named Al-Mahdi Network and run by Hezbollah, are witnessing the promotion of the Vilayat-e Faqih mandate and Iran’s political approach, and have nothing to do with the Lebanese national agenda.