Sadr Movement
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Sadr Movement
التيار الصدري al-Tayyār al-Sadri |
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| Leader | Muqtada al-Sadr |
| Founder | Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Sadiq al-Sadr |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Ideology | Muqtada al-Sadr Thought |
| National affiliation | National Iraqi Alliance |
| Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq: |
34 / 328
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| Seats in the local governorate councils: |
43 / 440
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| Website | |
| http://www.pc-sader.com/ | |
The Sadrist Movement (Arabic: التيار الصدري al-Tayyār al-Sadri) is an Iraqi Islamic national movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr. The movement draws wide support from across Iraqi society and especially from the Shi'a poor in the country. The most important person in setting the goals and the philosophy of the movement was Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr. A prominent preceding influence had also been Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr. The movement is religious and populist. Its goal is a society ordered by a combination of religious laws and tribal customs. The Islamic Virtue Party is a smaller, rival branch of the Sadrist movement.
During the Iraqi governorate elections, 2009 Sadrists ran under the name Independent Free Movement.
The list received 9.8% of the vote and 43 out of 440 seats, coming third overall to the State of Law Coalition and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.
During the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010 Sadrists were part of the National Iraqi Alliance.
In a press conference on 6 March 2010 ahead of the Iraqi parliamentary election, 2010, Muqtada al-Sadr called on all Iraqis to participate in the election and support those who seek to expel U.S. troops out of the country. Al-Sadr warned that any interference by the United States will be unacceptable. Al-Sadr, who has thousands of staunch followers across Iraq has consistently opposed the presence of foreign forces and repeatedly called for an immediate end to the occupation of Iraq.
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