Date:
Location:
A Conversation With Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim:
Shi'ism, Pluralism, and the Future of Iraq
Date & Time: Thursday, May 6th 1:30PM EST (Online Zoom Webinar; Registration Required)
Abstract:
Join us on Thursday, May 6th at 1:30 pm EST for a conversation with Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim, Head of the Hikma National Movement, on religion, peace, and governance in Iraq. Payam Mohseni, the Director of the Project on Shi’ism and Global Affairs, will serve as the moderator.
Speaker:
Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim, Head of the Hikma National Movement, Iraq.
Moderator:
Dr. Payam Mohseni, Director of the Project on Shi'ism and Global Affairs.
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Speaker Bio: His Eminence Sayyid Ammar Abdulaziz Tabatabai al-Hakim is the grandson of Grand Ayatollah Muhsin al-Hakim, a pre-eminent Shi’a scholarly authority (Marja’) in the mid-Twentieth century for Muslims around the world. His uncle was Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, a top leader of the Iraqi opposition to Saddam Hussain’s regime during the 1980s and 1990s. Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim returned to Iraq after 2003 and established the “Mihrab Martyr Foundation,'' which is registered with the UN Human Rights Council. In September 2016, he was elected head of the Iraqi National Alliance, the largest block in the Iraqi Parliament from 2014-2018. In July 2017, he established the Hikma (Wisdom) National Movement and became the head of the Islah (Reform) Coalition and thereafter the Iraqion (Iraqis) Coalition, parliamentary coalitions in the Iraqi Parliament. He adopted many major political, social and youth initiatives, including: the Iraqi Child Rights Initiative, the People with Special Needs Initiative, and the Islamic Day of Combating Violence Against Women.