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Hujjat al-Islam

Muqtada al-Sadr
مقتدى الصدر
Hujjat al-Islam; Muqtada al-Sadr; مقتدى الصدر
Born	12 August 1973 (age 51); Najaf, Iraq
Nationality	Iraqi
Citizenship	Iraq
Movement	Alliance of Revolutionaries for Reform (Saairun)

Muqtada al-Sadr (Arabic: مقتدى الصدر, romanized: Muqtadā ṣ-Ṣadr; born 12 August 1973)^[2] is an Iraqi Shia cleric, politician and militia leader. He is the leader of the Sadrist Movement^[3] and the leader of Saraya al-Salam.

Muqtada al-Sadr is one of the most influential religious and popular figures in Iraq.^[4]

In May 2018, al-Sadr's coalition emerged as the frontrunnner in Iraq's national elections, the first since the Islamic State was declared defeated in Iraq.^[5]

References

↑ Hamza Mustafa (18 February 2014). "Iraq: Sadrist resignations threaten new political crisis". Asharq Al-Awsat. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
↑ Moubayed, Sami (2007-12-18). "Iraq's Muqtada not quite Hezbollah mold". Asia Times Online. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
↑ Hroub, Khaled (2012-05-28). Political Islam: Context Versus Ideology. Saqi. ISBN 978-0-86356-883-1.
↑ Nasr, Vali, The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future (Norton, 2006), p. 192
↑ Issa | AP, Philip (2018-05-14). "Early results in Iraq election favor populist cleric al-Sadr". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

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[1] Hamza Mustafa (18 February 2014). "Iraq: Sadrist resignations threaten new political crisis". Asharq Al-Awsat. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

[AsiaTimes-2] Moubayed, Sami (2007-12-18). "Iraq's Muqtada not quite Hezbollah mold". Asia Times Online. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-03-27.

[3] Hroub, Khaled (2012-05-28). Political Islam: Context Versus Ideology. Saqi. ISBN 978-0-86356-883-1.

[4] Nasr, Vali, The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future (Norton, 2006), p. 192

[:0-5] Issa | AP, Philip (2018-05-14). "Early results in Iraq election favor populist cleric al-Sadr". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

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