Shaheed Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
Born in 1936 in Kadimiya, Enrolled in Najaf Academy in 1948,
Wrote Our Philosophy in 1959, and Our Economics in 1961
Teaching in Hawza in 1963-80, Announced his marja'iyyah in 1971
Publish his Islamic Legal Codes in 1975,
In 1978-79 He was recognized as leader of anti-government Islamic Resistance and was arrested and placed under house-arrest in 1979-1980. He issued 3 Anti-government Statements in 1980 as a resule of which, On April 8, 1980, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was executed. His execution aroused no criticism from the West against the Iraqi regime, however, because Sadr had openly supported the Ayatollah Khomeini's regime in Iran and because the West was distracted by the turbulence in Iran that followed the revolution. Governments both in the West and in the region were concerned that the Iranian revolution would be "exported," and they set about eliminating that threat. When Ayatollah Khomeini called upon Muslims in Iraq to follow the example of the Iranian people and rise up against the corrupt secular Ba'thist socialist regime, they interpreted it as the first step in the spread of Islamic radicalism that would eventually lead to the destabilization of the whole region.
Sadr's support of the Khomeini crusade against the Bacthists was considered a threat to the Iraqi regime and dealt with swiftly. He was regarded by his followers as the "future Khomeini" of Iraq
Ayatollah Sayyid Mohamad Baqir Al-Hakim
Ayatollah Sayyid Mohamad Baqir Al-Hakim, was born in 1939, He was a distinguished scholar and the personal religious/political representative of the late Grand Ayatollah Mohsin AI-Hakim in Iraq. Sayyid Al-Hakim maintained a close association with Ayatollah Al-Sadr. In 1977 he was was arrested and tortured by the Bathist regime, and immediately sentenced to life imprisonment by special court without any trial. He was released in July 1979 following huge public pressure on the regime. Sayyid Al- Hakim then decided to leave Iraq and went to Iran in 1980 shortly after the eruption of war between Iraq and Iran. He played a prominent role in the deliberations leading to the establishment of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (SCIRI) in November 1982.
He returned to Iraq on 12th May 2003 and he was given a hero's welcome while the occupying powers nervously monitored every move he made. Baqir Al-Hakim expressed dissatisfaction with the US policies in Iraq and said, "We told the Americans that their policies in Iraq are wrong and their dealing with the situation illogical," He was assassinated on Friday, 29 August, in a car bombing in Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf, while he was leaving the Shrine after leading the Friday Prayer. He is the 63rd martyr the Al- Hakim family.
Ayatollah Sayyid Mohamad Baqir Al-Hakim
Ayatollah Sayyid Mohamad Baqir Al-Hakim, was born in 1939, He was a distinguished scholar and the personal religious/political representative of the late Grand Ayatollah Mohsin AI-Hakim in Iraq. Sayyid Al-Hakim maintained a close association with Ayatollah Al-Sadr. In 1977 he was was arrested and tortured by the Bathist regime, and immediately sentenced to life imprisonment by special court without any trial. He was released in July 1979 following huge public pressure on the regime. Sayyid Al- Hakim then decided to leave Iraq and went to Iran in 1980 shortly after the eruption of war between Iraq and Iran. He played a prominent role in the deliberations leading to the establishment of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (SCIRI) in November 1982.
He returned to Iraq on 12th May 2003 and he was given a hero's welcome while the occupying powers nervously monitored every move he made. Baqir Al-Hakim expressed dissatisfaction with the US policies in Iraq and said, "We told the Americans that their policies in Iraq are wrong and their dealing with the situation illogical," He was assassinated on Friday, 29 August, in a car bombing in Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf, while he was leaving the Shrine after leading the Friday Prayer. He is the 63rd martyr the Al- Hakim family.
Shaheed Sayyed Moussa as-Sadr
Sayyed Moussa as-Sadr was born on the 15th of May 1928 in the famous Iranian city of Qum. He attained a degree in Islamic Jurisprudence in 1956. In 1960, he came to Lebanon to hold the position of the Islamic Shiite religious leader in the southern city of Tyre following the death of Sayyed Abdelhussein Sharafeddine. In 1969 the Higher Islamic Shiite Council was founded and Sayyed as-Sadr was elected as its president for a duration of 6 years, and he became to be known as Imam.
Imam Moussa as-Sadr founded many social institutions, vocational schools, health clinics and illiteracy obliteration centers. His activity gains an important national dimension as he warned of the dangers of Israeli aggressions against South Lebanon. He mastered many languages and was a prominent intellectual. Imam as-Sadr played an all-important role in the Lebanese political life.
Towards the end of August 1978 he mysteriously disappeared during a visit to Libya and till date there are no news about him.
Shaheed Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi
Shaheed Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi, Secretary General of Hezbollah was born in Bekaa Valley of Lebanon in 1952. In Najaf he studied under great teachers particularly Great Scholar Ayatollah Baqir al-Sadr, for whom he had special affection. After invasion of Lebanon by Israel in 1983 which resulted in massacres of Muslims, destruction of houses and forced migration of thousands of shias in south, Syed Abbas along with his wife, started religious schools as well as several programs for the economic and social uplift of shias. He also started motivating young people to resist against the brutal Zionist occupation of Lebanon, especially south. Syed Abbas was greatly inspired by Imam Khomeini (ra) and with his guidance organized the Islamic resistance and he was chosen as the secretary general of Hezbollah in 1991. However, he couldn't serve the oppressed masses of Lebanon for long as on February 16th, 1992, he was martyred together with his wife and son Yasir by missiles fired by Israeli helicopters. The legacy of martyr Syed Abbas are the Hezbollah and the Islamic Resistance that were victorious in May, 2000 when they forced Israel out of Lebanon.
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