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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningMusa al-SadrFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchSayyid Musa al-SadrM?s? al-Sadr (Persian: ÇãÇã ãæÓì ÕÏÑ ý ?) also transliterated M?s?-e Sader, and many other variants, was an Iranian philosopher and a prominent Shiite religious leader who spent many years of his life in Lebanon as a religious and political leader.Contents1 Early life2 Activities in Lebanon3 Civil War4 Abduction5 Legacy6 See also7 External links[edit]Early lifeHe was born in Qom, Iran in 1928 to the prominent Sadr family of theologians. His father was Ayatollah Sadr al-Din Sadr, while Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was his cousin. He attended his primary school in his hometown and then moved to the Iranian capital Tehran where he got in 1956 a degree in Islamic Jurisprudence and Political Sciences from Tehran University. Then he moved back to Qom to study theology. He then edited a magazine called Maktabi Islam in Qom. Eventually he left Qom for Najaf to study theology under Ayatollah Sayed Muhsin al-Hakim and Abul Qasim Khui.[edit]Activities in LebanonA young Sayyid Musa al-SadrThe Sadr family was originally from Lebanon, and in 1960 Musa al-Sadr accepted an invitation to become the leading Shiite figure in the city of Tyre. Al-Sadr, who became known as Imam Musa, quickly became one of the most prominent advocates for the Shiite population of Lebanon, a group that was both economically and politically disadvantaged. He was widely seen as a moderate, demanding that the Maronite Christians relinquish some of their power, but as pursuing ecumenism and peaceful relations between the groups. He was a vocal opponent of Israel, but also attacked the PLO for endangering Lebanese civilians with their attacks. In 1969 he was appointed as the first head of the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council, an entity meant to give the Shiites more say in government. In 1974 he founded the Movement of the Disinherited to press for better economic and social conditions for the Shiites. He established a number of schools and medical clinics throughout southern Lebanon, many of which are still in operation today.[edit]Civil WarAl-Sadr attempted to prevent the descent into violence that eventually led to the Lebanese Civil War, but was ineffective. In the war he at first aligned himself with the Lebanese National Movement, and the Movement of the Disinherited developed an armed wing known as Afwaj al-Mouqawma Al-Lubnaniyya, better known as Amal. However, in 1976 he withdrew his support after the Syrian invasion on the side of Maronites. Al-Sadr had long had good relations with the Syrians. For the next two years his influence over Lebanese affairs was greatly reduced.[edit]AbductionIn August 1978 al-Sadr and two companions departed for Libya to meet with officials from Qaddafis government. Al-Sadr and his companions were never heard from again. It is widely believed that he was killed by Qaddafi, but the reason for this has never becom
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