Abdel-Sattar Abdel-Jabbar
Encyclopedia
Sheikh
Abdel-Sattar Abdel-Jabbar (عبدالستار عبد الجبار) is one of the founding members of the joint Arab
-Kurd
Sunni Muslim Clerics Association.
On behalf of the Association, he denounced the kidnapping
of journalists and aid workers following the abduction of Christian Chesnot
and Georges Malbrunot
by a group allegedly called the Islamic Army in Iraq
.
Reports indicated that he was detained by U.S.
and Iraq
i forces along with his two sons and neighbor on October 21, 2004 in a raid on the mosque compound where he was living; however, the U.S. military denied that he had been arrested.
Sheikh
Not to be confused with sikhSheikh — also spelled Sheik or Shaikh, or transliterated as Shaykh — is an honorific in the Arabic language that literally means "elder" and carries the meaning "leader and/or governor"...
Abdel-Sattar Abdel-Jabbar (عبدالستار عبد الجبار) is one of the founding members of the joint Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
-Kurd
Kürd
Kürd or Kyurd or Kyurt may refer to:*Kürd Eldarbəyli, Azerbaijan*Kürd Mahrızlı, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Goychay, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Jalilabad, Azerbaijan*Kürd, Qabala, Azerbaijan*Qurdbayram, Azerbaijan...
Sunni Muslim Clerics Association.
On behalf of the Association, he denounced the kidnapping
Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority...
of journalists and aid workers following the abduction of Christian Chesnot
Christian Chesnot
Christian Chesnot is a French journalist working for Radio France who, along with Georges Malbrunot and Muhammed al-Jundi , was taken hostage on August 20, 2004, by the Islamic Army in Iraq. This group gave the French government a 48-hour deadline to repeal its law on secularity and conspicuous...
and Georges Malbrunot
Georges Malbrunot
George Malbrunot is a French journalist working for Le Figaro who, along with Christian Chesnot and their Syrian driver Muhammed al-Jundi, was taken hostage on August 20, 2004, by the Islamic Army in Iraq. This group gave the French government a 48-hour deadline to repeal its law against girls...
by a group allegedly called the Islamic Army in Iraq
Islamic Army in Iraq
The Islamic Army in Iraq is one of a number of underground Baathist and Islamist militant organizations formed in Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by United States and coalition military forces, and the subsequent collapse of the Baathist government headed by Saddam Hussein.Although it...
.
Reports indicated that he was detained by U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
i forces along with his two sons and neighbor on October 21, 2004 in a raid on the mosque compound where he was living; however, the U.S. military denied that he had been arrested.
External links
- http://www.masnet.org/news.asp?id=1589
- http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6583667
- http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=10818