The demonstration was called by supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr, 48, an influential Shi'ite cleric who commands the loyalty of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. Here are some facts on Sadr. - He rose Dhia al-Asadi, a former top official in Sadr’s political movement and someone believed to be close to the cleric, said Sadr can form a winning coalition by excluding all Iran-backed factions Muqtada Al Sadr, born on August 4, 1973, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, is a prominent Shia Muslim cleric, politician, and militia leader. He is the son of the late revered Iranian-born Shia leader Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Sadr and is a member of the illustrious Al-Sadr family, renowned for their religious and political influence in Iraq. Imam Musa Sadr and his two companions were kidnapped in August 1978 during an official visit to the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and the fate of the three men still remains unknown. Imam Musa al-Sadr, head of the Supreme Islamic Shia Council, brought countless honors for the society particularly in the southern region of Lebanon. v. t. e. Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr ( Arabic: آية الله العظمى السيد محمد باقر الصدر; 1 March 1935 – 9 April 1980), also known as al-Shahīd al-Khāmis (the fifth martyr), was an Iraqi philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party, born in al-Kadhimiya, Iraq. He was father-in-law to Muqtada al 0or6.

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