Tunisia: Iraqi Islamist Party Cleric Invited to Nation

29 February 2012

Ammar Hakim, the leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) - one of Iraq's largest and most powerful political parties, has been invited to visit Tunisia as a delegate in an upcoming conference regarding the role of Islam in development. The moderate Shiite cleric was personally invited by Khaled Chawket, secretary general of Tunisian political party the Free Patriotic Union (UPL), to provide his insight as an Islamist leader in a country that has also undergone tremendous political change in recent years.

According to UPL Press Attaché Walid Majri, Hakim's invitation has been sent, but the party has not yet received confirmation of the Shiite cleric's intention to attend the event. Majri explained that the upcoming summit - the Arab Conference for Islam and Development - will host a number of esteemed scholars representing a variety of schools of moderate Islamic thought.

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