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Muqtadā al-Ṣadr (Arabic: سيد مقتدى الصدر; born 12 August 1973) is an Iraqi Islamic popular leader.
Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr is one of the most influential religious and popular figures in Iraq, despite not holding any official title in the Iraqi government. He is the leader of a political party, the Sadrist Movement.
He is of the prominent Sadr family originating from Jabal Amel in Lebanon but later settled in Najaf, his father-in-law being Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr. He is often referred to as Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr. The title Sayyid ("Mr." or "Sir") is generally used among Shi‘a Muslims related to Mohammed through his daughter Fatimah's marriage with Ali. Thus, a great deal of respect is paid by the Shiite Muslims to the Sayyids throughout society.
Western media often refer to Muqtada al-Sadr as a "anti-american" or "radical" cleric, but his formal religious standing is comparatively low, at a mid-ranking Shia religious rank perhaps reflecting his youth, and he does not claim the title of mujtahid (the equivalent of a senior religious scholar) or the authority to issue fatwas. In early 2008, however, al-Sadr was reported to be studying to be an ayatollah, which would greatly improve his religious standing.
Abū Bakr ‘Abdallāh bin Abī Quḥāfah aṣ-Ṣiddīq (Arabic: أبو بكر عبد الله بن أبي قحافة الصديق; c. 573 CE – 23 August 634 CE) popularly known as Abu Bakr (أبو بكر), was a senior companion (Sahabi) and—through his daughter Aisha—the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Abu Bakr became the first openly declared Muslim outside Muhammad's family. Abu Bakr served as a trusted advisor to Muhammad. During Muhammad's lifetime, he was involved in several campaigns and treaties.
He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632 to 634 CE, when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death. As caliph, Abu Bakr succeeded to the political and administrative functions previously exercised by Muhammad. He was commonly known as The Truthful (Arabic: الصديق, translit. As-Saddīq). Abu Bakr's reign lasted for 27 months, ending with his death after an illness.
Abu Bakr's full name was Abd Allah ibn 'Uthman ibn Aamir ibn Amr ibn Ka'ab ibn Sa'ad ibn Taym (from whom the at-Taymi al-Quraishi) ibn Murrah ibn Ka'ab ibn Lu'ai ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr al-Quraishi.
Subscribe to France 24 now: http://bit.ly/France24Subscribe THE INTERVIEW : Moqtada al-Sadr, head of a powerful Shiite movement in Iraq, has called on Saudi Arabia to end its military intervention in Yemen. In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, the cleric accused both Riyadh and the US of worsening sectarian tensions. Visit our website: http://www.france24.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=france24english Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/France24_en
Rebel Stronghold (2004): They're now fighting the ISIS extremists approaching Baghdad from the north, but in 2004 Moqtada al-Sadr's militia were a major threat to US forces. Subscribe to Journeyman for more: http://www.youtube.com/journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=17838 It's a breeding ground for the armed Shiite opposition in Iraq. A place where government officials can no longer go and US soldiers come under daily attack. An American Humvee lies in flames, destroyed by a suicide bomber. Nearby a woman, blinded in the assault, begs for news of her mother. As people stop to help, snipers open fire, killing one Iraqi guardsman and wounding another. It's just one of five car bombings in Baghdad occurring on this day. Sadr city has b...
Iraq's Shia cleric Muqtada al Sadr is putting pressure on Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to carry out reforms to fight corruption. Sadr has managed to rally a huge number of angry Iraqi protesters who are demanding Abadi introduce reforms to put an end to corruption. Last month, Sadr demanded Iraqi politicians be replaced with technocrats and the country's powerful Shia militias be incorporated into the ministries of Defence and Interior. In the following weeks he called on his supporters to take to the streets, and each Friday their numbers grew. While Iraq's political leadership has proposed multiple reform plans, some echoing Sadr's own demands, progress in parliament has been slow. So, how far will Sadr go to push for change? And is this only about fighting corruption? Presenter:...
Follow The Stream and join Al Jazeera’s social media community: This episode’s story: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201605231305-0025212 FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AJStream TWITTER: https://twitter.com/AJStream GOOGLE+: http://google.com/+TheStream **************************************************** On The Stream: Is Iraq's post-occupation political order over? Thumbnail: Supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al Sadr walk over the blast walls surrounding Baghdad's highly fortified Green Zone on Saturday, April 30, 2016. (AP/KHALID MOHAMMED)
CNN's Brian Todd reports on a direct threat from a long-time U.S. enemy Muqtada al-Sadr to a new U.S. enemy, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Iraqi Shi'ite cleric tells followers to target U.S. troops fighting Islamic State (reuters, July 17, 2016) http://reut.rs/29Oj4gP Iran-backed Shia militia says it will fight US Marines deployed to Iraq (telegraph, Mar 21, 2016) http://bit.ly/21DT6NZ ISLAMIC STATE Claims Responsibility For Shia Mosque Attack In Kuwait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmc9E3oJU7o Raghida Dergham (Opinion): Iran Negatively Affecting War On ISIS (+ Some Opinion Polls) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2nJV8CSGjA Work With Them But Not Work With Them, If You Can Understand... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agPV7GWhdts The Organization For Mobilization Of Th...
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr was leaving the mosque in the Iraqi city of Najaf along with two of his sons on 2/19/1999 when ambushed by Saddam's assassins. Both of Ayatollah Sadr's sons were killed by gunfire while he was severely injured. Minutes later, Saddam's intelligence personnel disappointed of not having killed Sadeq al-Sadr, came back to finish the job!
Subscribe to France 24 now : http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN This week, after his supporters storm Iraq's parliament, we bring you a profile of the Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Also, our correspondent in Lebanon reports on how a new citizen movement is hoping to change the face of the country's politics ahead of local elections there. Finally, we look at Qatar's efforts to hold the number one spot in camel racing. Visit our website : http://www.france24.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel : http://f24.my/youtubeEN Like us on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English Follow us on Twitter : https://twitter.com/France24_en
SHOTLIST 1. Mid shot Imam Ali shrine dome 2. Wide of shrine with people 3. Chalabi in mosque 4. Chalabi walks through press to Sadr's house 5. Ahmed Chalabi and Moqtadar al-Sadr walk to microphone 6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Moqtadar al-Sadr, Shi'ite cleric, " God willing, the two sides, whether Sayyed Abdel Aziz Al-Hakim, or Sheikh Hareth Al-Dhari, they are very co-operative, and God willing there will be positive results in the coming days" 7. Cutaway 8. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Moqtadar al-Sadr, Shi'ite cleric "No section of Iraqi society should be marginalized, and one of the sections in particular, the Sunnis, should not be marginalized. Our Sunni brothers have to take part in the political process, in the security situation and the constitution. If they are marginalized, this is in...
Iraqi cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr has threatened to take up arms against US troops unless they leave the country by the end of the year. In a rare interview, he told the BBC he believed US forces would not stick to an agreement to withdraw from Iraq. The US still has about 46,000 troops in Iraq, due to withdraw by January 2012. Gabriel Gatehouse reports.
Muqtada Al-Sadr, also known as one of the most influential religious and political figures in the country not holding any official title in the Iraqi government, Interviews on the Mahdi Army and Iraq's Projected Future.
More at http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=080401YT Pepe Escobar continues his interview with Patrick Cockburn, author of the seminal book Muqtada
More on the Battle of Felluja http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Phantom_Fury More on Muqtada al-Sadr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqtada_al-Sadr This is a clip from the Documentary "No End in Sight" Directed by Charles H. Ferguson.Visit this website for More Information. http://www.noendinsightmovie.com/ Interviews included in this documentary. * General Jay Garner, who briefly ran the reconstruction before being replaced by L. Paul Bremer * Ambassador Barbara Bodine, who was placed in charge of the Baghdad embassy * Richard Armitage, former deputy secretary of the State Department * Robert Hutchings, former chairman of the National Intelligence Council * Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell's former chief of staff * Col. Paul Hughes, who worked in the ORHA and then ...
Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Ihe battle for control of southern Iraq is continuing for a fifth day. In one of the latest offensives, eight people died, including two women and a child, in an air raid. Meanwhile a witness in Baghdad has told Al Jazeera he saw up to 40 Iraqi army and police surrendering their weapons to supporters of the Mahdi Army. Its leader, Muqtada Al-Sadr, is calling on Arab nations to support his fight against US forces in Iraq. James Bays reports from Baghdad. At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that affect people's lives. We bring topics to light that often go under-reported, listening to all sides of the story and giving a 'voice to the voiceless.' Reaching more than 270 million households in over 140 countries ac...
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Subscribe to France 24 now: http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN Moqtada al-Sadr, head of a powerful Shiite movement in Iraq, has called on Saudi Arabia to end its military intervention in Yemen. In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, the cleric accused both Riyadh and the US of worsening sectarian tensions. Visit our website: http://www.france24.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/France24_en
SHOTLIST 1. Wide of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr being interviewed 2. Various of interview 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Muqtada al-Sadr - Shiite cleric "I must keep good relations and friendship with the Islamic Republic of Iran. But no more than this." 4. Wide of interview STORYLINE Iraq's Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Thursday said he maintained "friendship and good relations" with Iran but rejected any interference by Tehran in Iraq's affairs. He made the comments in an interview on Iraqi state television, nearly two weeks after he re-emerged in public for the first time after dropping out of sight amid a US-Iraqi security crackdown that began nearly four months ago. Dressed in his customary black clerical robes and turban, the cleric made no major policy announcement during the ...
In the Iraqi town of Najaf, we interviewed Moqtada Al-Sadr, the Shia cleric who formed the 'Mahdi Army' militia and clashed with the Americans. Here's a brief excerpt from the documentary filmed in 2003]
Followers of Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr protested outside the Turkish embassy in Baghdad, Tuesday, against Turkey's military involvement inside Iraq, including the occupation of a military base close to Mosul. Protesters waving Iraqi flags decried Turkey's military involvement in the Kurdish-majority north of the country, slamming the Turkish military deployment at a military base in Bashiqa, close to Mosul, which Turkey argues is for training Kurdish Pashmerga and Arab fighters to battle against so-called Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants. Video ID: 20161018-018 Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly
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Mr. Mohsen Hakim says in one of the sessions that Muqtada al-ignorant, and other qualities that described by Muqtada al-Sadr, describing the small child when one of the poets praising Muhsin al-Hakim and Muqtada al-Sadr objected to the reference to this
Part of Wolf in Sheep's clothing pt.1 - Embezzlement after Sayed Khoei's death by Zolfigar Ansary. Watch the whole episode to understand the whole truth behind Sistani. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIC5Wiian0c Watch Prince of Anger Series by Zolfigar Ansary to understand the reality which is that Imam al-Mahdi pbuh has sent his Messenger and Successor - Ahmed pbuh to all Muslims and why the current Shia Clerical establishment deny and fight him. - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEFD83B61B7DDF054 The Messenger from Imam al-Mahdi a.s. to all Muslims - the promised Yamani and 1 of 313, written by his name Ahmed a.s. in Prophet's Will 1400 years ago has arrived and Sayeed al-Sadr r.a. told his close followers about him before his martyrdom in 1999. www.almahdyoon.org www.savio...
The demonstration was called by prominent Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. He had earlier called the Bahraini government’s decision on Sheikh Issa Qassim a step which flares the sectarian conflict in the region. Iraqi demonstrators slammed the Al Khalifah regime over continued violation of Bahrainis' right to privacy and suppression of free speech. Meanwhile, people in Indian-controlled Kashmir and Nigeria also condemned the Bahraini government for stripping Sheikh Isa Qassim of his citizenship Watch Live: http://www.presstv.ir/live.html Twitter: http://twitter.com/PressTV LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/PressTV Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PRESSTV Google+: http://plus.google.com/+VideosPTV Instagram: http://instagram.com/presstvchannel SoundCloud: ht...
Watch Prince of Anger series by Zolfigar Ansary to understand how Sayeed al-Sadr r.a. was send to Hawza of Najaf by Imam al-Mahdi a.s. but was not welcomed, how Sayeed al-Sadr r.a. has said to his followers before his martyrdom that Yamani is the Messenger of Imam al-Mahdi a.s. to the Muslim society and that he is from Basra and to understand why end time Scholars as Sistani are fighting and deny Imam Ahmed al-Hasan pbuh the promised Yamani from Aale Mohammed a.s. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEFD83B61B7DDF054 www.almahdyoon.org www.saviorofmankind.com
01/04/2008 - Award winning war correspondent Patrick Cockburn examines the role of Muqtada al-Sadr -- the man who leads a movement in Iraq that opposed both Saddam Hussein and the US occupation. Patrick Cockburn is the Middle East correspondent for the Independent and has been reporting from Iraq since 1978. He was awarded the 2005 Martha Gellhorn prize for war reporting and the James Cameron Memorial Award in 2006. He is the author of The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq (shortlisted for a National Book Critics Circle Award in 2007), The Broken Boy, a memoir, and, with Andrew Cockburn, Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein. In his latest book Muqtada Al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq he describes one of the most important political figures in post-occupation Iraq. At fir...
October 2007 A rare look at life inside Iraq's most notorious slum. Sadr City, Baghdad, has become a breeding ground for radicalism. Many of its three million citizens depend on Muqtada al-Sadr for support. "We are a republic of widows and orphans", one school teacher explains. "The mosques don't have enough coffins to hold funerals." The inhabitants of Sadr City want only one thing for the future: stability. For them, US troops are associated with death. Since the beginning of the surge, US troops have raided Sadr City almost every night. (more)
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Dec 2004 The Sunni resistance in Iraq may be dominating the headlines but for Allawi's government, a more disturbing battleground has emerged: Sadr city. At a local school in Sadr city, the 'cubs' are being trained for war. Young boys go through their military drills, pledging their support for Sadr. These child recruits will eventually join the Mehdi army. "We currently use the AK27 and I'll teach some students how to make explosive devises," states their teacher. "You can make them at home." There's meant to be a cease fire in Sadr city but residents are still under attack. "The Prime Dunce ... Saddam Allawi made a statement saying that he had ceased military operations in Sadr City," says Moqtada Al-Sadr scathingly. "But less than half an hour later, the American planes bombed the ...