Musawi was born in the village of al-Nabi Shayth in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, and spent eight years studying theology in a religious school in al-Najaf, Iraq, where he was deeply influenced by the views of Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Musawi was born in the village of al-Nabi Shayth in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. Musawi spent eight years studying theology in a religious school in al-Najaf, Iraq. He was deeply influenced by the views of Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.