Jihad and Reform Front
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Iraqi insurgency
The Iraqi Resistance is composed of a diverse mix of militias, foreign fighters, all-Iraqi units or mixtures opposing the United States-led multinational force in Iraq and the post-2003 Iraqi government...
coalition that announced their formation on May 2, 2007. The announcement was posted on several jihadist websites.
The Front is officially opposed to critical of al-Qaida in Iraq, and is composed of three groups, to include the Islamic Army in Iraq
Islamic Army in Iraq
The Islamic Army in Iraq is one of a number of underground Baathist and Islamist militant organizations formed in Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by United States and coalition military forces, and the subsequent collapse of the Baathist government headed by Saddam Hussein.Although it...
, the Mujahideen Army
Mujahideen Army
The Jaish al-Mujahideen is a prominent Sunni resistance group operating inside Iraq. The group first emerged in late 2004...
and some senior leaders from the Sharia Commission of Ansar al-Sunnah, according to the Front's founding notice, posted two weeks ago. Leaflets recently plastered on walls in the western city of Fallujah
Fallujah
Fallujah is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jewish academies for many centuries....
said another insurgent group, the 1920 Revolution Brigades, may or may not have joined the front as well.
Goals
According to Newsvine.com, its announced goals are as follows: "expelling the occupiers, establishing religion, government by ShariaSharia
Sharia law, is the moral code and religious law of Islam. Sharia is derived from two primary sources of Islamic law: the precepts set forth in the Quran, and the example set by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Sunnah. Fiqh jurisprudence interprets and extends the application of sharia to...
, and a moderate approach to Islamic doctrine (i.e. against strict enforcement and Takfiri
Takfiri
A Takfiri is a Muslim who practices Takfir, which is to accuse other Muslims of apostasy. The term Takfir derives from the word kafir and is described as when "...one who is, or claims to be, a Muslim is declared impure." Those to whom Takfir is applied are considered excommunicated in the eyes...
practices). It rejects the legitimacy of the constitution
Constitution of Iraq
The Constitution of Iraq is Iraq's fundamental law.-History:Iraq's first constitution, which established a constitutional monarchy, entered into force under the auspices of a British military occupation in 1925 and remained in effect until the 1958 revolution established a republic...
, 'sectarian elections', and the al-Maliki
Maliki
The ' madhhab is one of the schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. It is the second-largest of the four schools, followed by approximately 25% of Muslims, mostly in North Africa, West Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and in some parts of Saudi Arabia...
government. It calls on all factions of the Iraqi insurgency
Iraqi insurgency
The Iraqi Resistance is composed of a diverse mix of militias, foreign fighters, all-Iraqi units or mixtures opposing the United States-led multinational force in Iraq and the post-2003 Iraqi government...
to join with it, and specifically invites the 1920 Revolution Brigade
1920 Revolution Brigade
The 1920 Revolution Brigades is a Sunni militia group in Iraq, which includes former members of the disbanded Iraqi army. The group has used improvised explosive devices, and armed attacks against U.S occupation forces....
, and urges all to avoid side battles at the expense of the main battle against the American occupation." http://keld.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/03/698536-a-new-resistance-alliance-in-iraq-the-jihad-and-reform-front
External links
- JR Front Establishing Statement
- Iraq Islamist groups form rival coalition to Qaeda ReutersReutersReuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
, May 3, 2007. - State of the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq: August 2007 NEFA Foundation, August 15, 2007.