Abd al-Majid al-Khoei
Abd al-Majid al-Khoei ( Arabic عبد المجيد الخوئي Abd al-Madschid al-Chui , born August 16, 1962 in Najaf , Iraq ; † April 10, 2003 ibid) was a high-ranking Shiite cleric. As an exile, he campaigned for the overthrow of the Ba'ath regime in the Iraq war on the side of the coalition of the willing . He was murdered on his return to Iraq.
Life
Abd al-Madschid al-Khoei was born in Najaf as the son of Grand Ayatollah Abu l-Qasim al-Choei . He followed his father in the career of a Shiite clergyman and, because of his family membership, belonged to the elite of the Shiite clergy in Iraq. After the uprising in Iraq in 1991 , he left Iraq and settled in London as an exile . From there he was entrusted with the management of the Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation .
Al-Khoei was one of the supporters of the Iraq war, from which he hoped to overthrow Saddam Hussein . Al-Khoei took part in the preparations of the US-led coalition. A few days after the start of the war, he returned to Iraq via Basra in the wake of the coalition troops . On his return to his hometown of Najaf, al-Khoei was murdered while visiting the Imam Ali Mosque by supporters of the Mahdi army of Muqtada al-Sadr and his companions, who were also in exile. His remains were mutilated and displayed to the general public in Najaf. Al-Khoei's murder is in the context of further acts of violence by the Sadrists against Shiite clerics, which were seen as competition to Sadr.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Nicholas Krohley: The Death of the Mehdi Army - The Rise, Fall and Revival of Iraq's Most Powerful Militia , London, 2015, p 63f
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| SURNAME | Khoei, Abd al-Majid |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | al-Chui, Abd al-Majid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Shiite clergyman (Iraq) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Najaf |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 2003 |
| Place of death | Najaf |