Lebanese Shiʿite organization, created in March 1974 by the Imam Musa al-Sadr, so as to exert pressure on the Lebanese regime to favor the economic development of South Lebanon and the Baqaa Valley, inhabited by a majority of Shiʿa. This movement is a branch of the Foundation of the Disinherited (Mustadafin), created in Iran in 1971. ANN ARBOR — An unprecedented conference on Imam Musa al-Sadr, who was termed “The Vanished Imam” by writer Fouad Ajami, took place here last week. Sadr rose to prominence in Lebanon ahead of the Lebanese civil war, and disappeared mysteriously during a visit to Libya in 1978, never to be heard from again. Moqtada al-Sadr is the youngest son of the eminent Shia Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr - who was assassinated in 1999, reportedly by agents of Saddam Hussein's regime. He was Known for. Charitable work, advocacy. Relatives. Musa al-Sadr (brother) Sadr al-Din al-Sadr (father) Rabab al-Sadr Charafeddine ( Arabic: رباب صدر; born 4 April 1944 [1]) is a Lebanese activist and president of the Imam al-Sadr Foundation. She is the sister of disappeared Shia imam and political leader Musa al-Sadr. [2] [3] [4] [5] The Arab street ( Arabic: الشارع العربي, ash-shāriʿ al-ʿarabī) is an expression referring to the spectrum of public opinion in the Arab world, often as opposed or contrasted to the opinions of Arab governments. [1] In some contexts it refers more specifically to the lower socioeconomic strata of Arab society. It is for these reasons that Muhtada Abu al-Jawad, a 23-year-old civil engineer and protester in Tahrir Square, believes the muhasasa is “what destroyed our country,” he told Al Jazeera. “It .

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