The Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation (
Arabic: ''Ḥizb al Daʿwa al-Islāmiyya - Tanzim al-Iraq'') is the regional organisation of the
Islamic Dawa Party
The Islamic Dawa Party () is an Iraqi Shia Islamist political movement that was formed in 1957 by seminarians in Najaf, Iraq, and later formed branches in Lebanon and Kuwait. The Party backed the Iranian Revolution and also Ayatollah Ruholla ...
registered after the fall of the
Ba'athist regime. It was a component of the
United Iraqi Alliance. It was allocated 12 seats by the Alliance after the
elections in December 2005. It was led by
Hashim Al-Mosawy, who was its Secretary-General. The head of the parliamentary bloc of the party was
Kasim Muhammad Taqi al-Sahlani.
Al-Forat TV
/ref> The current Secretary-General is Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri Kamil Muhammad-Hasan al-Maliki (; born 20 June 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki (), is an Iraqi politician and leader of the Islamic Dawa Party since 2007. He served as the Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 and as Vice President ...
.
The Islamic Dawa Party was formed in 1957 in the Iraqi holy City of Najaf. Their aim was to create a movement which would promote Islamic values and ethics, and which would become an instrument for political activeness. This came at a time when there was widespread ignorance about religion and politics in Iraq. Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (; 1 March 1935 – 9 April 1980), also known as al-Shahid al-Khamis (), was an Iraqi Islamic scholar, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party. He was the father-in-law to Muqtada al-Sadr, a ...
laid out the foundations for the party and its political ideology, based on Wilayat Al-Umma (Governance of the people).
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 pol ...
References
Adawa Newspaper
Al Masar TV
Islamic political parties in Iraq
Shia Islamic political parties
Islamic Dawa Party
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