Abdel Hussein Charafeddine al-Musawi

Ayatollah Al Sayyed Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi,, was a Shi'a Twelver Islamic scholar who has widely been considered a social reformer, activist, and modern founder of the city of Tyre in Southern Lebanon. He was known for his nonviolent efforts against the French mandate in Lebanon, for which the French encouraged an unsuccessful assassination attempt against him.