Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi is a leader of the
Zaidi movement
Ansar Allah (Houthis). His brothers
Yahia Badreddin al-Houthi and Abdul-Karim Badreddin Al-Houthi are also leaders of the group, as was his late brother
Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi. abdul-malik Houthi is the leading figure in an insurgency in Sadah province in northern Yemen which has been continuing from 2004 to the present day. The uprising has been called the Houthi Rebellion due to his leadership. The Zaidi community comprises around half of the population of Yemen,concentrated in the north. In traditional Zaidi religious belief if there is no clear leader for the Zaidi community a Caliph can emerge through armed struggle. Yemen was formerly ruled by a Zaidi Caliphate that ended in
1962. His brothers Yahia Badreddin and Abdul-Karim are also leaders in the insurgency.