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The Association of Muslim Scholars (Arabic: هيئة علماء المسلمين Hayat Al-Ulama Al-Muslimin) also sometimes called Association of Muslim Clerics or Muslim Scholars Association), are a group of Sunni Muslim religious leaders in Iraq. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ...
Its main members include Harith Sulayman al-Dhari (Chairman), Muthanna Harith al-Dhari (Chairman's son and spokesman), Abdel-Salam al-Kubaisi and Abdel-Sattar Abdel-Jabbar. Others include Dr Muhammad Bashar al-Faithi, Ahmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samarrai, Mahdi Ibrahim and Umar Raghib. Sheik Harith Sulayman al-Dhari is the chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars. ... Sheikh Abdel-Sattar Abdel-Jabbar is one of the founding members of the joint Arab-Kurd Sunni Muslim Clerics Association. ... Muhammad Bashar al-Faithi is the spokesman for Sheik Harith Sulayman al-Dhari the chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars. ...
History
It was formed on the 14th of April 2003, only four days after the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime in Baghdad by a U.S.-led invasion in 2003 by a group of sunni scholars in the aim of representing the sunni's in iraq. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Saddam Hussein Saddām Hussein ʻAbd al-Majid al-Tikrītī (Often spelt Husayn or Hussain; Arabic صدام حسين عبدالمجيد التكريتي; born April 28, 1937... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
They as of yet have not joined the newly formed government and remain as opposition group due to the fact that they believe joining the process whilst iraq is under occupation is unjust.
External links
Association of Muslim Clerics speaks for moderate Sunnis" article at International Relations and Security Network (Switzerland)
The Association of MuslimScholars (Arabic: هيئة علماء المسلمين Hayat Al-Ulama Al-Muslimin) also sometimes called Association of MuslimClerics or MuslimScholarsAssociation), are a group of Sunni Muslim religious leaders in Iraq.
The group are deeply mistrusted by the majority of Iraqis because of their stance of appeasement towards terrorists in Iraq that target the majority Shi'ite population.
Even though it has an Islamist face and name, the association still has strong Baathist ideology as all the founding members were former mosque preachers, who under Saddam were appointed by the state in reward for the allegiance and commitment to the dictator state.
BAGHDAD - The Association of MuslimScholars, a Sunni organisation that was created in the aftermath of the Iraq invasion, was again targeted by the United States military last Sunday.
The Association of MuslimScholars has been accused of links with resistance groups in the past, but there is no known connection between the organisation and such groups, or with the abduction of Jill Carroll.
The Association said in a statement after the attack that the United States was responsible for desecrating the mosque and stealing files with information on their members.
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