{"id":22769,"date":"2013-05-26T21:56:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T21:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=22769"},"modified":"2013-05-26T21:56:15","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T21:56:15","slug":"hezbollah-and-related-graphics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=22769","title":{"rendered":"Hezbollah and related graphics"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — insights into symbolism on both sides of the Syrian conflict, including Nasrallah as Dajjal and Pinocchio, Star Trek darkness, more ]
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I thought it might be instructive to compare the Hezbollah flag:<\/p>\n

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with a couple of variants seen recently:<\/p>\n

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The version on the left is captioned Syrian opposition activists re-imagining Hezbollah’s logo after absorbing heavy losses in Qusayr<\/a>. The one on the right is from another image mocking Hezbollah, this one picturing Nasrollah as the Dajjal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note that in the second image, the gun is pointing down — in a sort of “shoot your own foot” gesture, perhaps? <\/p>\n

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That second image, with the gun reversed, comes from a portrayal of Nasrallah as the Dajjal (below, left) — the one-eyed figure in Muslim apocalyptic serving roughly the same function as the Antichrist in Christian eschatology (depicted in a popular book cover,found by J-P Filiu, below, right):<\/p>\n

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Not also the tire substituting for Nasrallah’s black turban. <\/p>\n

This image of Nasrallah is itself a variant on this one, also portraying him as the Dajjal:<\/p>\n

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but without the vampiric attributes and tire-turban of the other version.<\/p>\n

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These guys are quick, incidentally — see how fast Nasrallah appeared in StarTrek guise<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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Here are a couple<\/a> more variants<\/a> on the Hezbollah flag:<\/p>\n

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I’m intrigued by the Pinocchio <\/strong>image, which — if I’m not mistaken — features the tire-turban once again:<\/p>\n

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It was lying that made Pinocchio’s nose extend itself, and just as the Devil in Christianity is “the Father of Lies” (John 8.44), so in Islam the term al-Dajjal means “the Deceiver”. And see how the gun has turned into a Serpent, complete with forked tongue?<\/p>\n

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Finally, Phillip Smyth<\/strong> has been posting a series titled Hizballah Cavalcade<\/a> at Aaron Zelin<\/strong>‘s Jihadology<\/a> blog, and a couple of details<\/a> caught my eye in what Smyth terms the “official Hizballah martyrdom posters” for Ashraf Hasan \u2018Ayyad<\/strong> and Musen Samir Birro<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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As you can see, each of these posters features the Hezbollah emblem on dog-tags, a soldier’s helmet with poppies growing from it, the outline of a white dove, silhouette of a soldier with rifle raised, and the glint of the sun behind it.<\/p>\n

If anyone has a detailed exegesis of this cluster of images to offer, I’d be most interested.<\/p>\n

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Hat tips to Mr Orange<\/strong> for pointing me to the Nasrallah Dajjal graphics, and to Aaron Zelin for Jihadology…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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