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Sayyed Ammar Hakim is one of the Shia Islam clerics and an Iraqi politician, the leader of the Iraq National Wisdom Movement and the former president of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq. He was born into an influential religious and political family in Najaf. His father, Sayyed Abdul Aziz Hakim, was a politician and an influential cleric in the period following the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq. He is a member of the Supreme Council of the World Assembly for Approximation of Islamic Sects.
Biography
He was born into an influential religious and political family in Najaf. His father, Sayyed Abdul Aziz Hakim, was a politician and an influential cleric in the period following the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq. His uncle, Sayyed Muhammad Baqir Hakim, was a prominent figure of the Iraqi opposition against the Ba'ath regime and one of the prominent Shia clerics of Iraq. His grandfather, Sayyed Muhsin Tabatabai Hakim, was the most prominent religious authority of the Shia Muslims in the world during his time. He is also affiliated through his mother with the Sadr family, one of the famous Shia families in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon. He is the son-in-law of his uncle Sayyed Muhammad Baqir Hakim.
Education
He spent his education period in Tehran and then entered the Qom Seminary and studied up to the level of Kharij. He also holds a master's degree in Theology and Islamic Studies, specializing in Islamic jurisprudence and law. At the age of 9, he was forced to leave Iraq with his father and first migrated to Damascus and then to Tehran.
Activities in Iran
Prior to the fall of the Ba'ath regime (2003 CE), he was engaged in promotional and cultural activities and on numerous occasions represented his uncle, Sayyed Muhammad Baqir Hakim, at ceremonies and cultural and political programs and gatherings of Iraqi citizens residing outside the country, including in Europe and Australia. He also managed the center "Dar al-Hikma for Islamic Sciences"[1].
Activities in Iraq
In 2007 CE, he was elected as the Vice President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq and in 2009 CE, following the death of his father, he was unanimously elected as the president of this council.
Establishment of the Iraq National Wisdom Movement
On July 24, 2017, by announcing his separation from the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, he established the Iraq National Wisdom Movement and at the meeting of the founding board of this movement on December 1, 2017, he was elected as its president. On September 5, 2016, he was elected as the president of the Iraqi National Alliance (al-Itilaf al-Watani al-Iraqi), the largest political bloc in the Iraqi Parliament. On March 1, 2012, in Basra, he raised the issue of selecting Basra as the economic capital of Iraq, and this issue was pursued several times by political forces affiliated with him until finally in 2017, it was approved by the Iraqi Parliament and confirmed by the President of Iraq.
Works
- Sharh Risalat al-Huquq.
- Building and Managing the State.
- Political Developments in Iraq.
Arrest
On February 23, 2007, The New York Times reported in a report that Sayyed Ammar Hakim was detained for hours by American forces while crossing the border from Iran to Iraq.
Views
On the occasion of Quds Day, he stated: "Jerusalem is a city that has gathered various heavenly religions within itself and should be a symbol of the coexistence of religions, not that a usurping regime imposes its dominance on it and tries to make it a city for the followers of a religion and prevent followers of other religions and beliefs from practicing their religious and worship rituals. Reviving this occasion means declaring open opposition to Zionism and its hegemony and its domination over Jerusalem. A city that is an identity for Palestinians and Arabs and Muslims and all the free people of the world that cannot be compromised or bargained over"[2].
He said at the International Conference on Islamic Unity: "Unity, integrity and unifying viewpoints are the basis and foundation of success for any group and program, and without unity, there is no power. Islamic unity is the destiny of the Ummah; we are an Ummah that has all the necessary potentials to be one of the productive and creative Ummahs; even if we are not at the top of these Ummahs and nations. In our land, countless treasures are hidden; our human resources are full of competence and intelligence; we have a young and energetic population and all these features require a broad horizon and planning and prioritization. There must be committees to follow up on these matters so that we can reach a tangible reality from the unity assemblies[3].
Gallery
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Meeting with Supreme Leader of Iran
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Meeting with Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani
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Meeting with Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi
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Meeting with Ayatollah Nouri Hamedani
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Meeting with Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah
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Meeting with Sheikh al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb
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Meeting with Bin Salman
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Meeting with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
See also
- Assembly for Approximation of Islamic Sects
- International Conference on Islamic Unity
- Unity
- Iraq
- Jerusalem
Notes