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Several ISCI founders found themselves marginalized by the young newcomers. They began to raise their criticism of ISCI’s leader. Some of them traveled to Iran to apply pressure on al-Hakim . They also intended to run for the 2018 elections outside ISCI. In a preemptive move, Ammar al-Hakim announced in July 2017 that he established a new political party he named “National Wisdom Movement”.
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A Major Crack In Iraqi Shia Politics | HuffPost too young to lead ISCI’s old establishment, most of whom older than his late father, and they were disenchanted by his plan to gradually increase the number of young members in the leadership. <span>Several ISCI founders simply found themselves marginalized and overruled by the young newcomers. They began to withdraw from the political scene and raise their criticism of ISCI’s leader. Some of them recently traveled to Iran to apply pressure on al-Hakim to return to ISCI’s founding principles. They also announced their intent to run for the 2018 elections outside ISCI. In a preemptive move, Ammar al-Hakim announced today (24 July 2017) that he left ISCI and established a new political party he named “National Wisdom Movement”. He appeared on his ISCI-owned TV with eight Iraqi flags behind him and the pictures of three symbols of al-Hakim family: his grandfather Grand Ayatollah Mohsin al-Hakim, his uncle Sayyi Summary
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