Islamic Union Kurdistan
| يه كگرتووى ئيسلامي كوردستان ( kurd. ) Yekgirtuy Islamî Kurdistan ( kurd. ) Islamic Union Kurdistan |
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| Party leader | Mohammed Faraj |
| founding | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Erbil |
| Alignment | Qutbism, Islamic democracy, Kurdish nationalism |
| Colours) | brown |
| Parliament seats | In the Council of Representatives: 4 out of 325 In the Kurdistan Parliament : 10 out of 111 |
| International connections | Muslim Brotherhood |
| Website | yakgrtw.net |
The Islamic Union of Kurdistan ( KIU , Kurdish يه كگرتووى ئيسلامي كوردستان Yekgirtuy Islamî Kurdistan ) is an Islamic - Kurdish party in Kurdistan led by Salaheddine Bahaaeddin . It is based in the Kurdish capital Erbil and is considered close to the Muslim Brotherhood .
history
Founded in Erbil in the early 1990s , the KIU had a close relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and other countries in the Middle East from the start. Especially in the period after the Iraq war , the party gained popularity and was able to establish itself as an Islamic-democratic movement in the region.
However, its theological character also leads to problematic disputes with other groups and parties in Kurdistan , even if it openly opposes so-called Islamist terrorism . In recent years it has been able to assert itself as a small, but nevertheless noteworthy counterpoint to the established secular parties. It clashes again and again with the Democratic Party of Kurdistan , because it has a remarkable electorate in its strongholds.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Cinur Ghaderi: Political Identity-Ethnicity-Gender: Self- Positioning of Politically Active Migrants. Springer 2014, p. 202.
- ↑ usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved January 17, 2015 .
- ↑ ekurd.net. Retrieved January 17, 2015 .
- ↑ kurdiu.org. Retrieved January 17, 2015 .