Al-Muthanna Club
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Al-Muthanna Club
Nadi al-Muthanna |
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|---|---|
| Chairman | Saib Shawkat |
| Founded | 1935 |
| Dissolved | 1941 |
| Succeeded by |
Iraqi Independence Party (not legal successor) |
| Youth wing | Al-Futuwwa |
| Ideology |
Pan-Arabism Fascism Anti-semitism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Black |
The Al-Muthanna Club (Arabic: نادي المثنى) was an influential pan-Arab fascist society established in Baghdad ca. 1935 to 1937 which remained active until May 1941, when the coup d'état of pro-Nazi Rashid Ali al-Gaylani failed. It was named after Al-Muthanna ibn Haritha, an Iraqi Muslim Arab general who led forces that helped to defeat the Persian Sassanids at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah. Later known as the National Democratic Party, Nadi al-Muthanna was influenced by European fascism and controlled by radical Arab nationalists who, according to 2005's Memories of State, "formed the core of new radicals" for a combined Pan-Arab civilian and military coalition.
In 1938, as fascism in Iraq grew, Sami Shawkat, a known fascist and a pan-Arab nationalist, was appointed director-general of education.
The al-Muthanna club, under German ambassador Fritz Grobba's influence, developed a youth organization, the al-Futuwwa, modeled on European fascist lines and on Hitler Youth, it was founded in 1939 by then director-general of Iraq's education (al-Muthanna's co-founder) pan-Arab activist Saib Shawkat, and was under his guidance.
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