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Al-Sadr was repeatedly arrested and imprisoned by the Ba'ath government of Iraq. He was first imprisoned in 1972. In 1974, he was imprisoned for the second time together with 150 students of al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and members of [[Hizb al-Da'wa al-Islamiyya]] (Islamic Da'wa Party). In 1991, after [[al-Intifada al-Sha'baniyya]], he was imprisoned because of his cultural activities and speeches against the Ba'ath government together with 106 other people. However, after the events of 1991, the Ba'ath government of Iraq introduced him as the official authority of Iraqi Shi'as and appointed him as the administrator of the Shiite [[Seminary of Najaf]]. When he accepted the [[Shiite authority]] (Marja'iyya), he was criticized by many people who accused him of having relations with the Ba'ath government. Some others maintain that he turned the military movement of [[al-Intifada]] into a reformist movement in Iraq, which was encouraged by [[al-Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadl Allah]] and welcomed by Saddam's regime. | Al-Sadr was repeatedly arrested and imprisoned by the Ba'ath government of Iraq. He was first imprisoned in 1972. In 1974, he was imprisoned for the second time together with 150 students of al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and members of [[Hizb al-Da'wa al-Islamiyya]] (Islamic Da'wa Party). In 1991, after [[al-Intifada al-Sha'baniyya]], he was imprisoned because of his cultural activities and speeches against the Ba'ath government together with 106 other people. However, after the events of 1991, the Ba'ath government of Iraq introduced him as the official authority of Iraqi Shi'as and appointed him as the administrator of the Shiite [[Seminary of Najaf]]. | ||
When he accepted the [[Shiite authority]] (Marja'iyya), he was criticized by many people who accused him of having relations with the Ba'ath government. Some others maintain that he turned the military movement of [[al-Intifada]] into a reformist movement in Iraq, which was encouraged by [[al-Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadl Allah]] and welcomed by Saddam's regime. | |||
In the second half of 1999, Ayatollah al-Sadr's attitude changed and he started criticizing the Ba'ath government. He harshly criticized the regime in his sermons at Friday Prayers. He attended Friday Prayers with shrouds, refused to pray for Saddam in his sermons, and tried to revive some Shiite ceremonies on Sha'ban 15. | In the second half of 1999, Ayatollah al-Sadr's attitude changed and he started criticizing the Ba'ath government. He harshly criticized the regime in his sermons at Friday Prayers. He attended Friday Prayers with shrouds, refused to pray for Saddam in his sermons, and tried to revive some Shiite ceremonies on Sha'ban 15. | ||