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Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation

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Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation
حزب الدعوة الاسلامية - تنظيم العراق
Secretary-GeneralNouri al-Maliki
FounderHashim Al-Mosawy
Foundedafter 2003
HeadquartersBaghdad
Military wingQuwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr's 35th Brigade (ar)[1]
IdeologyShia Islamism
Clericalism
Islamic fundamentalism
National affiliationState of Law Coalition
Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq:
0 / 329
Seats in the local governorate councils:
0 / 440
Website
aldaawa-io.org

The Islamic Dawa Party – Iraq Organisation (Arabic: Ḥizb al Daʿwa al-Islāmiyya - Tanzim al-Iraq) is the regional organisation of the Islamic Dawa Party 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.[2] The current Secretary-General is Nouri al-Maliki.

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 laid out the foundations for the party and its political ideology, based on Wilayat Al-Umma (Governance of the people).

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