Sadrist Movement supporters accused the Islamic Dawa Party of insulting religious scholar Muhammad Sadiq Al-Sadr, the late father of the leader of the movement, Muqtada Al-Sadr.
Iraq sank deeper into political chaos Monday after influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced he was retiring from politics and at least 12 of his supporters were shot and killed.
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Yesterday, the sit-in of supporters of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, entered its second day inside the Iraqi parliament building to demand reform of the political process and reject the nomination of Muhammad Shia al-Sudani to form the new Iraqi government. Thousands of al-Sadr supporters stormed, the day before yesterday, the fortified Green Zone