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	Iraqi Islamic Party - dKosopedia
		The Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) is the largest Sunni Islamist party in Iraq.
		The revived party called for the overthrow of the Baath party and the establishment of an Islamic state.
		The Iraqi Islamic Party represents the moderate Sunni Islamists.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Iraqi_Islamic_Party (414 words)

	Islamic party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An Islamic party is a political party that promotes Islam as a political movement by offering nominees for election in a democracy - of which there are several in the Islamic world.
		Islamic parties may, on occasion, resort to militant strategies (such as in the case of the Muslim Brotherhood).
		Islamic parties may vary from extreme fundamentalists, such as the theocratic Islamic Revolution of Iran, to parties which conform to constitutionally enforced secular democratic ideals, such as in the case of the moderate Islamic Ak party in Turkey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Islamic_party (194 words)

	Iraqi Islamic Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The IIP boycotted the general elections of January 30, 2005 (see Iraqi legislative election, 2005) after initially supporting them, but did participate in some governorate councils held on the same day (see for instance Ninawa governorate council election, 2005 and Al-Anbar governorate council election, 2005).
		The IIP ran as part of the Iraqi Accord Front (IAF, or Jabhat al-Tawafuq al-Iraqiyah) coalition in the December 2005 with the Iraqi National Dialogue Council, General Council for the People of Iraq, and Iraqi Islamic League for Women.
		The IIP has been continuously condemned for its participation in the Iraqi political process, including by al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Mu'sab al-Zarqawi in December 2005 for their participation in the general election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iraqi_Islamic_Party (290 words)

	Iraqi Islamic Party
		The Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP), established in 1960, is the major Sunni political organization in the country and is represented by Muhsin Abd al-Hamid on the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council.
		The IIP seeks to preserve the leading role Sunnis have had in running the country starting with the establishment of the modern Iraqi state in the beginning of the 20th century.
		The revival of the Iraqi Islamic Party was announced in exile under the leadership of Iyad al-Samarra'i, and after the toppling of the Iraqi regime and the restoration of the public political life in Iraq, the party declared itself under the leadership of Muhsin Abd-al-Hamid, a professor at Baghdad University.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/iip.htm (401 words)

	CNN.com - Progress on constitution; attack kills 30 - Oct 12, 2005
		Notably missing is the approval of the Association of Muslim Scholars and the Iraqi National Dialogue Council.
		A spokesman for the Iraqi General Conference, a coalition of Sunni groups, said they have not wavered from their position urging Sunnis to reject the constitution.
		In return, the Iraqi Islamic Party indicated it would withdraw its opposition to the document, the sources said.
	us.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/10/12/iraq.main/index.html (1107 words)

	[ The New Iraq ]
		The group considers itself a "branch" of the Iraqi Islamic Liberation Party, which is present in a number of countries.
		Party spokesman Abu al-Harith Azzam told Baghdad's "Al-Shira" in an interview published on 10 February 2004 that his group did not register (to date, groups are not required to do so) as a political party, and has no intention of doing so.
		The party is open to any Islamic sect, and any ethnicity, Azzam said, adding, "Being a Muslim is enough to accept him as a member in the party." The group's membership is unknown, but is thought to be negligible.
	www.rferl.org /specials/IraqCrisis/specials-politicalgroups.asp (1502 words)

	[ The New Iraq ]
		The party was critical of the Iraqi National Congress in that year for its apparent disregard for the Assyrian role in the opposition.
		The party's statement further noted Iraq's "honorable national task" in serving Arab and Islamic causes, citing the "Palestinian cause and the Arab-Zionist conflict." The statement said Islam is the religion of Iraq and the basic source of the country's legislation.
		His 700-member Free Iraqi Forces militia, operating with the approval of the U.S. military, was dismantled by the coalition in May 2003 after its members were accused of burglary, harassment, and unauthorized detention of Iraqi citizens.
	www.rferl.org /specials/IraqCrisis/specials-politicalgroups2.asp (6185 words)

	Iraqi political groupings and individuals
		Iraqi National Alliance (al-Tahaluf al-Watani al-Iraqi): a reformist opposition grouping in Iraq that was tolerated under the Ba‘th regime, coming to prominence in Nov02, and with Ba‘thist and Nasirist participants.
		As communist parties were persecuted, a number of leftists joined the party; in response, Chadirchi urged the party to model itself on the British Labour Party, to distinguish itself from Marxists and radical nationalists.
		Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP, al-Hizb al-Islami al-'Iraqi): The main Sunni Islamist party, a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.
	middleeastreference.org.uk /iraqiopposition.html (11453 words)

	Muslims, Islam, and Iraq
		Islamic Group Intervenes to Release Chinese Hostages is a short article noting the efforts of the Iraqi Association of Muslim Scholars to gain the release of eight Chinese hostages in Iraq.
		Islamic Hackers Step Up Attacks A report by the BBC stating that in response to US plans for war in Iraq, Islamic hacking groups are stepping up their attacks on websites run by Western governments and large corporations.
		Iraqi American Council (link fixed 20 August, 2005), appears to be an official website containing useful information about Iraqi Americans as well as the "mission statement" of the organization and a description of the organizations activities in the past year.
	www.uga.edu /islam/iraq.html (8468 words)

	Iraqi Islamic Party Leader Released : SF Bay Area Indymedia
		Iraqi President Jalal Talabani had called for the immediate release of the leader of Iraq's main Sunni party, Islamic Party, a statement from his office said.
		The Islamic Party was among several Sunni Arab groups that formed this month an alliance of religious, political and social groups to streamline their political participation and unify the ranks of all Sunnis, whether Arabs, Turkomans or Kurds.
		Islamic Party’s senior leader Iyad Al-Ezzawi had lambasted the operation as “a sectarian war launched by the new state on the Sunni Arabs”.
	www.indybay.org /news/2005/05/1744807.php (2953 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / Senior member of Sunni party arrested (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Naseer Ayaef, a high-ranking member of the Iraqi Islamic Party, was taken into custody in the northwestern Jamiah neighborhood in retaliation for the party's opposition to the U.S.-led offensive on the rebel city of Fallujah, party official Ayad al-Samarrai told The Associated Press.
		The party's one Cabinet member, Minister of Industry Hajim al-Hassani, was told to quit the government but al-Hassani refused and was later fired from the party.
		The Iraqi Islamic Party is the Iraqi branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a moderate Sunni Islamic party well established in the Middle East.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2004/11/16/senior_member_of_sunni_party_arrested?mode=PF (313 words)

	It’s time the Iraqis end this illegitimate war - (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Instead, the party forfeited this option and cleared the way for the United States, Barzani and SCIRI to forge ahead with the divisive draft charter process without the input of the Islamic Party and others.
		The Iraqi people were told that voting for the Iraqi Islamic Party would help “save them” from the brutal death squads and ongoing murders that have been blamed on SCIRI and its affiliated Badr militia.
		Like all election candidates, the Iraqi Islamic Party was hand-picked and/or approved by the United States, which has tried to portray the group as acceptable alternative for Iraqis who rejected the KDP, PUK, SCIRI and death squads operating during the term of the provisional government.
	www.aljazeera.com /cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=10231 (1619 words)

	Herald Sun: Iraqi Islamic Party quits govt (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The party's decision to quit the government highlights splits among Iraqi politicians over the government's move to crush the bloody insurgency by force.
		Abdul Hamid, a member of the now defunct Iraqi Governing Council replaced by the interim government in June, said the Iraqi Islamic Party had warned the government time and again not to use heavy-handed tactics against rebel cities.
		The party, established in 1960, has strong ties to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and was suppressed under Saddam, who regarded it as too staunchly Islamic, prompting many of its members to flee the country.
	www.heraldsun.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5478,11335751^1702,00.html (461 words)

	Khaleej Times Online
		Parties and blocs have until Wednesday, Dec. 15, to register their lists for the poll, in which Iraqis will elect a 275-seat National Assembly charged with drafting a constitution and appointing a new government.
		The country’s most prominent religious Sunni party had threatened to boycott the poll unless it was postponed for six months amid relentless violence in the Sunni north and west.
		Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, a secular Shi’ite, has said he is determined the poll will go ahead on time and his Iraqi National Accord is expected to present its list at a news conference on Wednesday.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2004/December/focusoniraq_December119.xml§ion=focusoniraq (697 words)

	ABC News: Iraqi Islamic Leader Detained; 20 Killed (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mohsen Abdul Hamid, the head of the Iraqi Islamic Party, leaves a meeting in Baghdad, Iraq Monday, May 23, 2005.
		U.S. troops detained Mohsen Abdul Hamid, the head of Iraq's largest Sunni Muslim political party, along with his three sons and four guards, during a dawn house raid Monday, May 30, 2005 in western Baghdad, according to a top party official and police.
		The party also released a statement alleging "occupation forces arrested Abdul-Hamid" and that an Arabic translator had assisted in the detention.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=803124&page=3 (387 words)

	Iraqi Islamic Party calls for captives' release \| World War 4 Report
		By the time that the Iraqi Islamic Party calls upon all Muslims to give the best image that represents our religion by applying its values.
		Also they are from the anti-Iraq-war movements‚ activists in their countries, and from those who demand the end of occupation of Iraq and the end of violations that the people of Iraq have been subject to.
		Therefore, the Iraqi Islamic Party calls upon the captors to free them, because the continuation of their detention will be a chance for the supporters of war on our country that the Iraqis don't differentiate in their behaviors between those who are with them or those against them.
	www.ww4report.com /node/1358 (277 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - 'Charter ignores Iraq's historical identity' (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tariq al-Hashimi, secretary-general of the Iraqi Islamic Party, tells Aljazeera.net during a visit to Doha that the fires burning in Iraq could soon engulf other Arab countries unless they change their current negative attitude.
		Al-Hashimi: The Iraqi Islamic Party is a political party whose philosophy is based on the Islamic Sharia.
		The party believes that this is a divine duty and everyone must perform it in order to save the country from its current situation and liberate it eventually.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/435BC8D7-4910-4356-90F9-FFCBF0D99A6F.htm (1746 words)

	BBC News \| Who's who in post-Saddam Iraq
		The party is headed by Mohsen Abdel Hamid, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council.
		The Iraqi Islamic party is the Iraqi branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a moderate Sunni Islamic party that is well established in the Middle East.
		Mr Hamid is a prolific author on the Koran.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/post_saddam_iraq/html/iraqi_islamic_party.stm (70 words)

	IWPR's Iraqi Press Monitor (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The party, which boycotted the January elections, has denounced all kinds of violence, regardless of whether the targets are Sunni, Shia, police, or National Guardsmen.
		Iraqi Press Monitor is published by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, an independent non-profit organisation supporting regional media and democratic change.
		IPM is intended to give readers a sense of what Iraqi papers are reporting, and IWPR cannot vouch for the accuracy of the reports.
	www.iwpr.net /archive/ipm/ipm_238.html (619 words)

	Sunni Party Withdraws from Iraq Government
		The Iraqi Islamic Party wields significant influence over the country's Sunni community and its withdrawal from the government will likely be a blow to Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.
		U.S. and Iraqi forces pushed into the northern sector of Fallujah after an all-out offensive was launched early Monday to seize the key insurgent strongholds in the city west of Baghdad.
		The party was suppressed under the former dictator and many of its members were forced to flee abroad.
	www.truthout.org /docs_04/printer_111004F.shtml (379 words)

	TIME.com: (Some) Sunnis Get on Board -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This was enough to bring the Iraqi Islamic Party on board, and spokesman Ayad Samarrai said the group would urge its followers to vote "yes" in the referendum on Saturday.
		The Iraqi Islamic Party is gambling that increased numbers in the Assembly will translate to increased influence when it comes time to renegotiate the constitution.
		Wednesday's agreement may have made the "permanent" constitution — on which Iraqis are to vote Saturday, although most have yet to see a copy — quite temporary, and merely postponed confronting what may be intractable differences over federalism and the distribution of natural resources for another six months.
	www.time.com /time/world/article/0,8599,1116781,00.html?promoid=rss_top (886 words)

	IRAQ NEWS IRAQI NEWS \| HavenWorks.com/world/iraq capital: Baghdad, Republic of Iraq, Al Iraq, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah.
		"Governors of both parties said Sunday that Bush administration policies were stripping the National Guard of equipment and personnel needed to respond to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, forest fires and other emergencies."...
		"Iraqi and U.S. officials said Saturday they were working to free an American journalist kidnapped off a Baghdad street a week ago but had not yet made contact with her captors."...
		Continued Iraqi noncompliance with UNSC resolutions over a period of 12 years resulted in the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and the ouster of the SADDAM Husayn regime.
	www.havenworks.com /world/iraq (2722 words)

	ABC News: U.S. Detains Iraqi Islamic Party Leader (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mohsen Abdul Hamid, head of the Iraqi Islamic Party, was detained by American soldiers along with his three sons and four guards, said party-secretary-general Ayad al-Samarei.
		"This is a provocative and foolish act and this is part of the pressure exerted on the party," he said.
		He was a member of the now dissolved U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council and and has been involved with the party since the 1970s and headed it since 2003.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=802810 (424 words)

	RUSI - Iraq: resources (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Iraqi Islamic Party is the main Sunni Islamic Party and a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.
		It is led by the Secretary-General Muhsin 'Abd al-Hamid, an author on the Qur’an from Kirkuk, who is a member of the Governing Council and a rotating President.
		Though initially cooperative they have become increasingly alienated by what they see as the marginalisation of Sunnis in Iraqi politics, and thus becoming more critical of US policy.
	www.iraqcrisis.co.uk /resources.php?idtag=R4002B8DF87D1C (159 words)

	Irish Examiner > Breaking News > US forces arrest Iraqi Islamic Party leader
		"The party demands the immediate release of its chief who represents a large sector of the Iraqi people," the party said in a statement.
		The country's raging insurgency is believed to be driven mainly from disaffected Iraqi Sunnis and extremist Islamists from neighbouring, predominantly Sunni Arab states.
		He was a member of the now dissolved US-appointed Iraqi Governing Council and has headed his party since the 1970s.
	www.irishexaminer.com /breaking/story.asp?j=61852318&p=6y85z6zx&n=61852698 (294 words)

	Falluja Role Gives Stature to Islamic Party (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A Sunni-dominated political party and a member of the discredited Iraqi Governing Council, the Iraqi Islamic Party was looking at the possibility of political extinction with the planned transfer of "limited sovereignty" on June 30.
		In the last two weeks, as the Bush administration and many Iraqis have searched for a way to end the violence in Falluja, the party has taken on added importance as one of the principal mediators between the Americans and the city's leaders.
		It was the Iraqi Islamic Party that worked out a tentative deal earlier this week in which the Marines agreed not to continue their assault in return for the insurgents' turning over their heavy weapons and the start of joint patrols by American and Iraqi forces.
	www.poe-news.com /stories.php?poeurlid=34626 (230 words)

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