Islamic Virtue Party
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Fadhila
حزب الفضيلة الإسلامي |
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| Leader | Ammar Tu'ma Abd-Abbas |
| Founder | Mohammad Yaqoobi |
| Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq: |
6 / 328
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| Seats in the local governorate councils: |
6 / 440
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| Website | |
| http://www.alfadhela.net.iq/ | |
Islamic Virtue Party (in Arabic حزب الفضيلة الإسلامي, transliterated as Hizb al-Fadhila al-Islami or just Al-Fadhila Party) is an Iraqi political party. Its spiritual leader is Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Yaqoobi, a student of Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, and thus represent a branch of the Sadrist Movement. However the party is not affiliated with Muqtada al-Sadr, and is in fact a rival to his branch of the Sadrists.
After the 2003 Iraq War, when many Shi’ite scholars returned to Najaf and Karbala, Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Yaqoobi, disputed the direction of the Sadrist Movement with Muqtada al-Sadr, and split off to establish the Hizb al-Fadhila al-Islami - meaning Islamic Virtue Party.
In the January 2005 parliamentary elections the party achieved 28 seats in the TNA (within the United Iraqi Alliance), as well as representation in the Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf, Al-Qadisiyah, Maysan, Dhi Qar, Al-Muthanna, and Basra provincial councils.
System of governance
A constitutional, parliamentary, pluralistic system that is founded on elections, and limited by Shari’a. Federalism is not preferred but might be the best solution at this time.
Liberties & civil rights
“The constitution must guarantee human rights and the basic freedoms, which do not contradict the Islamic Shari’a and common customs.” Human rights should be guaranteed “in a manner that does not distort the nature of Iraqi society and the commandments of Islam, the true religion.”
Minorities's rights
The party does not like to use the term “minority”. All are Iraqis and have equal rights and obligations. The party “believes in the cultural and national rights of the Kurds in a way that harmonizes with their circumstances and fits into the framework of a unified Iraq, in which Arabs and Kurds live in brotherhood and share equal rights of citizenship and equal and equivalent obligations.”
Law & judiciary
The source of laws is the Shari’a, or at least the laws should not contradict it.
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