Husayn al-Shami is a

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

Lebanese and also the head of

Bayt al-Mal ''Bayt al-mal'' () is an Arabic term that is translated as "House of money" or "House of wealth." Historically, it was a financial institution responsible for the administration of taxes in Islamic states, particularly in the early Islamic Calip ...

and a senior

Hezbollah Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's parami ...

leader who has served as a member of Hezbollah's Shura Council and as the head of several Hezbollah-controlled organizations, including the

Islamic Resistance Support Organization The Islamic Resistance Support Association (IRSO; ar, هيئة دعم المقاومة الاسلامية في لبنان ''Hay'at Da'am al-Muqawama al-Islamiya fi Lubnan'') is a charity used to raise funds for Hezbollah and pay for the services ...

. Shami is also responsible for foreign donations to Hezbollah fundraising organizations.Branded terrorist, microcredit czar keeps lending
Post-Gazette, December 28, 2006

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Lebanese Islamists Lebanese Shia Muslims Hezbollah politicians {{Lebanon-politician-stub