Sheik Jamal Abdul Karim al-Dabban ( ar, جمال عبدالكريم الدبان) (c. 1939 – 17 June 2007) was a moderate

Sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

cleric in the city of Tikrit, Iraq. al-Dabban was the senior Sunni religious leader between July 2004 and his death. He was a moderate Sunni leader with no links to insurgent groups.NBC News "Iraq's top Sunni religious leader dies" June 17 2007
/ref> On June 24, 2006 he was arrested along with his two sons by the United States Army in Iraq on suspicion of being a terrorist. After mass protest by Iraqi people in Tikrit the American authorities apologized and released him. al-Dabban died on 17 June 2007 from a heart attack.

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