Muqtada al-Sadr: A Way into the Arab World?

Shiite Leader Seeks to Return Iraq to its Arab Family Muqtada al-Sadr is a descendent of the religious Sadr dynasty, a prominent family of Shiite intellectuals. He is one of a small number of politicians who possess significant influence in modern Iraq and who are capable of inspiring hundreds of thousands of people to take to the streets. In the past Al-Sadr’s was a leader of the Jaysh al-Mahdi extremist group and one of the primary enemies of the United States. Today he is affiliated with the...