Muqtada al-Sadr: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Updated with mention of the 2025 elections and the announced disarmament of the Sarāyā al-Salām militia. Oct 06, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 01, 2026
First paragraph modernization. Apr 29, 2024
Updated the discussion of events following the 2021 election. Jul 07, 2022
Article revised and updated. Jan 05, 2022
Updated the discussion of the 2019–20 protests and the formation of a new government in 2020. Sep 03, 2021
Updated the discussion of his role in the 2019–20 protests. Jan 30, 2020
Updated the discussion of his role in the formation of Iraq's government in 2018?19. Oct 07, 2019
Added mention of the formation of Iraq's government after the 2018 elections. Oct 26, 2018
Updated with the change in his views and the performance of his Sairoon alliance in the 2018 parliamentary elections. Jun 13, 2018
Modified link of Web site: Al Jazeera - Biography of Muqtada al-Sadr. May 02, 2018
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Biography of Muqtada al-Sadr. Apr 29, 2016
Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Biography of Muqtada al-Sadr. Nov 23, 2015
Add new Web site: NPR - Al-Sadr: A Complex Figure in the Iraqi Puzzle. Nov 23, 2015
Updated to include Sadr's return to Iraq. Jan 18, 2011
Updated text to reflect the formation of al-Mumahhidun. Feb 04, 2009
New article added. May 29, 2008
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