Islamic Unification Movement

Islamic Unification Movement
حركة التوحيد الإسلامي
LeadersSaid Shaaban
Bilal Shaaban
Hashem Minqara
Dates of operation1982 - 1991
Split from Lebanese Islamic Group
HeadquartersBab al-Tabbaneh (Tripoli)
Active regionsTripoli, Akkar, West Beirut, Sidon, Jabal Amel
IdeologyIslamism
Size1,000 fighters
Allies Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
(1982-1991)
Opponents Arab Democratic Party (ADP)
Lebanese Communist Party (LCP)/Popular Guard
Lebanese National Resistance Front
Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP)/Eagles of the Whirlwind
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region
Internal Security Forces (ISF)
South Lebanon Army (SLA)
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Syrian Arab Armed Forces
Battles and warsLebanese Civil War

The Islamic Unification Movement – IUM (Arabic: حركة التوحيد الإسلامي | Harakat al-Tawhid al-Islami), also named Islamic Unity Movement, but best known as Al-Tawhid, At-Tawhid, or Tawheed, is a Lebanese Sunni Muslim political party. It has played an active role in Lebanese internal politics since the Lebanese Civil War in the 1980s.