Musa al-Sadr

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Musa al-Sadr was an influential Iranian-Lebanese Shia cleric and political leader who played a central role in mobilizing Lebanon’s Shia community and shaping its modern political landscape.

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instanceOf Iranian person
Lebanese person
Shia cleric
political leader
religious leader
birthCountry Iran NERFINISHED
birthDate 1928-06-04
birthPlace Qom NERFINISHED
citizenship Iran NERFINISHED
Lebanon NERFINISHED
countryOfActivity Iran NERFINISHED
Lebanon NERFINISHED
denomination Shia Islam NERFINISHED
disappearanceContext official visit to Libya
disappearedDate 1978-08-31
disappearedPlace Libya NERFINISHED
educatedAt Najaf Seminary NERFINISHED
Qom Seminary NERFINISHED
ethnicity Iranian
familyName al-Sadr NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence
political activism
social reform
founded Amal Movement NERFINISHED
Supreme Islamic Shia Council in Lebanon NERFINISHED
fullName Mūsā aṣ-Ṣadr NERFINISHED
givenName Musa NERFINISHED
ideology Islamism
social justice
influenced Lebanese Shia community
Lebanese politics
Shia political thought in Lebanon
knownFor interfaith dialogue
mobilizing Lebanon’s Shia community
shaping modern Lebanese Shia political identity
social justice activism
languageSpoken Arabic
Persian
movement Lebanese Shia political movement
notableWork organizational leadership of Amal Movement
occupation cleric
community leader
politician
theologian
positionHeld Head of the Supreme Islamic Shia Council in Lebanon
Imam of Tyre NERFINISHED
Leader of the Amal Movement
religion Islam
religiousSchool Twelver Shia NERFINISHED
spouse Parvin Khalili NERFINISHED

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Amal Movement foundedBy Musa al-Sadr
Amal Movement notableLeader Musa al-Sadr