Talk:Islamic Virtue Party

I have reverted the sentance: "Yet like Muqtada al-Sadr, its support comes mostly from the Shi'a poor in the south of the country." to the original "Its support comes mostly from the Shi'a poor in the south of the country." I appreciate the work on making this article read more fluently however in this case in my opinion style came at the possible expense of factual accuracy since most of the support for Muqtada al-Sadr likely comes from the 2-million Sadr City of Baghdad.

Islamic Virtue Party (Al-Fadhila Party) is an Iraqi political party. It follows ayatollah Muhammad Ya`qubi a student of Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and thus represent a branch of the Sadrist Movement, however the party is not affiliated with Muqtada al-Sadr and is in fact a rival to his branch of the Sadrists.[1][2] Its support comes mostly from the Shi'a poor in the south of the country. Another prominent member of the party is Mohammed al-Waili who is currently serving as the governor of Basra province.

It took part in Iraqi legislative election in January 2005 and December 2005 as part of the United Iraqi Alliance list. Following the December 2005 legislative election the party holds 15 seats in the Iraqi parliament.

In May 2006 however the party pulled out of negotiations for a new Iraqi government, complaining of American interference. The party had hoped that the Oil and Trade Ministers would be named from the party.[4][5]

In March 2007, the party withdrew from the ruling Shi'ite Coalition and has vowed to continue as an independent block.

In April 2007, SIIC successfully brought a no-confidence motion against Mohammed al-Waili in the Basrah Governorate Council. This dismissal was ratified by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in July, and meant the loss of their most important political position.[6] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fab 255h (talk • contribs) 13:57, 26 February 2009 (UTC)