Muhammad Bashar al-Faithi
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Muhammad Bashar al-Faithi is the spokesman for Sheik
Harith Sulayman al-Dhari, the chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars
.
On November 16, 2006, the interior minister
of Iraq
, Jawad al-Bolani, a Shi'ite, announced that Dhari was wanted on a charge of inciting violence. "The government's policy is that anyone who tries to spread division and strife among the Iraq people will be chased by our security agencies." Muhammad replied on Al Jazeera
television and stated, "The decisions of this government are worthless because it only rules the Green Zone
."
Sheikh
Not to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...
Harith Sulayman al-Dhari, the chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars
Association of Muslim Scholars
The Association of Muslim Scholars is a group of religious leaders in Iraq. It was formed on the April 14, 2003, four days after the U.S.-led invasion demolished the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hussein, by a group of scholars who aimed to represent Sunnis in Iraq...
.
On November 16, 2006, the interior minister
Interior minister
An interior ministry is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs...
of Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, Jawad al-Bolani, a Shi'ite, announced that Dhari was wanted on a charge of inciting violence. "The government's policy is that anyone who tries to spread division and strife among the Iraq people will be chased by our security agencies." Muhammad replied on Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar...
television and stated, "The decisions of this government are worthless because it only rules the Green Zone
Green Zone
The Green Zone is the most common name for the International Zone of Baghdad. It is a area of central Baghdad, Iraq, that was the governmental center of the Coalition Provisional Authority and remains the center of the international presence in the city...
."
Quotes
- "This government should resign before the Iraqi people force it to resign," Faidi told Al-Jazeera television. "The association calls on its people to be calm."
- Faidi accused the interior minister "of supporting terrorism by covering for [Shi'ite] militias that are killing the Iraqi people."
External links
- Iraq Issues Arrest Warrant for a Prominent Sunni Cleric, New York Times, Nov. 17, 2006
- "Iraq's Shiite-led regime seeks to arrest top Sunni cleric", Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, Nov. 17, 2006