Jamal ad-Din Abd al-Karim ad-Dabban
Jamal ad-Din Abd al-Karim ad-Dabban ( Arabic جمال الدين عبد الكريم الدبان, DMG Ǧamāl ad-Dīn ʿAbdu 'l-Karīm ad-Dabbān ; * around 1939; † June 17, 2007 ) was a Sunni clergyman.
Jamal al-Din Abd al-Karim al-Dabban was the head of the Sunni religious community in Iraq from July 2004 until his death . He was considered a moderate Muslim .
On June 24, 2006, he and his two sons were arrested by US occupation soldiers as a possible terrorist, but were briefly released after protests by the Iraqi population in Tikrit .
Ad-Dabban died of complications from a heart attack .
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- ↑ CNN: "Iraqi cleric freed after US raid", June 24, 2006 ( Memento of June 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ MSNBC: Iraq's top Sunni religious leader dies, June 17, 2007
Web links
- US detains top Iraqi Sunni cleric (English)
- Iraqi Sunnis Condemn Mufti Detention (English)
- Iraq's Sunni mufti dies of heart attack (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dabban, Jamal ad-Din Abd al-Karim ad- |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dabban, Jamal Abd al-Karim ad- |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iraqi Sunni clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1939 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 2007 |