Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr
Religious Leader
1935 – 1980
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Who was Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr?
Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr was an Iraqi Shia cleric, philosopher, and ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party, born in al-Kazimiya, Iraq. He is the father-in-law of Muqtada al-Sadr and cousin of both Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and Imam Musa as-Sadr. His father Haydar al-Sadr was a well-respected high-ranking Shi'a cleric. His lineage goes back to Muhammad, through the seventh Shia Imam, Musa al-Kazim. Muhammad Baqir Al-Sadr was executed in 1980 during the Saddam Hussein regime.
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- Born
- Mar 1, 1935
Kadhimiya - Also known as
- Muḥammad Bāqir Ṣadr
- Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Islam
- Twelver
- Ethnicity
- Musavi
- Al Mosawi
- Nationality
- Iraq
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 8, 1980
Baghdad
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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