Al-Sadiqoun Bloc ( ar, كتلة الصادقون) or just ''Al-Sadiqoun'' is a
Shia Islamist religio-political / electoral coalition in Iraq led by Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri.
History
''Al-Sadiqoun'' (literally the speakers of the truth in Arabic) is a political wing of the Shia
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH; ar, عصائب أهل الحق Aṣaʾib ʾAhl al-Haqq, "League of the Righteous"), also known as the Khazali Network ( ar, شبكة الخزعلي), is a radical Iraqi Shi'a political party and paramilitary group active ...
(AAH;
Arabic
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: عصائب أهل الحق ''‘Aṣayib Ahl al-Haq'', "League of the Righteous"), a Shia anti-American grouping with alleged Iranian patronage.
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq leader
Qais al-Khazali
Qais Hadi Sayed Hasan al-Khazali ( ar, قيس هادي سيد حسن الخزعلي; born 20 June 1974) is best known as the founder and leader of the Iran-backed Special Groups in Iraq from June 2006 until his capture by British forces in Marc ...
declared the intention of his group of taking part in the
2014 Iraqi Parliamentary elections as a political bloc under the name of Al-Sadiqoun Bloc. Adnan Fihan Moussa Cheri was named leader of the bloc. Al-Sadiqoun Bloc offered its candidates under electoral listing #218.
However an electoral meeting of estimated 10,000 supporters of Al-Sadiqoun was marred by violence as a series of bombs exploded at the campaign rally held at the Industrial Stadium in eastern Baghdad killing at least 37 people and wounding scores of others, according to Iraqi police. The Shia group organizers had planned to announce at the rally the names of its candidates for the parliamentary election.
Al Jazeera: Dozens killed as blasts hit Iraq poll rally
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The Al-Sadiqoun Bloc ended up winning just one seat out of the total 328 seats in the Iraqi Parliament in 2014 with its successful candidate elected from the Baghdad Governorate
Baghdad Governorate ( ar, محافظة بغداد ''Muḥāfaẓät Baġdād''), also known as the Baghdad Province, is the capital governorate of Iraq. It includes the capital Baghdad as well as the surrounding metropolitan area. The governor ...
.
See also
* List of Islamic political parties
Below are lists of political parties espousing Islamic identity or political Islam in various approaches under the system of Islamic democracy. Islamic democracy refers to a political ideology that seeks to apply Islamic principles to public po ...
References
{{Iraqi political parties
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
Islamic political parties in Iraq
Shia Islamic political parties
Islamic political parties