What is Hussein al-Houthi?
{{Infobox person | name = Hussein al-Houthi<br />{{Nobold|{{lang|ar|حسين الحوثي}}}} | image = | caption = Husayn in 1980 | birth_date = 20 August 1959 | birth_place = Marran district, [[Saada Governorate]], [[Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen|Yemen]] | death_date = 10 September 2004 (aged 45) | death_place = Marran district, [[Saada Governorate]], [[Yemen]] | death_cause = [[Assassination]] by Yemeni military alongside the Saudi military.<ref> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-22933234 </ref> | other_names = | known_for = '''[[Houthi movement|Founder of the Houthi movement]]''' | occupation = | nationality = [[Yemen]]i | module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes |allegiance = {{flagicon image|Houthis Logo.png}} [[Houthis]] |branch = |serviceyears = 2004 |rank = Commander |battles = [[Houthi insurgency in Yemen]] }} }} '''Badr al-Din al-Huthi''' ({{lang-ar|بدرالدين الحوثي|translit=Badr al-Dīn al-Ḥūthī}}; {{Circa|1926}}–2004) was a Yemeni political and religious leader.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Yemeni forces kill rebel cleric|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3643600.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=9 October 2004|accessdate=5 February 2008}}</ref> == Ancestry and early life == Badr al-Din was born in {{Circa|1926}} in Dahyan, Saada. He belonged to the Arab tribe of Huth. He studied under the prominent scholar Majd al-Din al-Mu'yyadi. == Leadership of Zaydis == In the 1970s–1980s, Badr al-Din gained scholarly reputation among the high-ranking clergy of Zaydi Shi'a in Yemen. (Salmoni, Loidolt, Wells 100). Following the assassination of Husayn in September 2004, Badr al-Din briefly took over the leadership of the [[Houthi movement]] before transferring the office to his son Abd al-Malik. == Bibliography == * {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNQJmdjcyS0C&dq|title=Regime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon|last=Salmoni|first