Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (Arabic: آية الله العظمى السيد محمد باقر الصدر‎) (March 1, 1935 – April 9, 1980) was an Iraqi Shia cleric, philosopher, and ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party, born in al-Kazimiya, Iraq. Muhammad Baqir Al-Sadr was executed in 1980 by the Saddam Hussein regime.