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Babylon Movement
LeaderRayan al-Kildani
Founded2014; 11 years ago (2014)
HeadquartersBaghdad, Iraq
Military wingBabylon Brigade
ReligionShia Islam
Parliament
4 / 329 (1%)

The Babylon Movement (Template:Lang-ar) is a political party situated in Iraq. Founded in 2014, it is the political wing of the Babylon Brigades, a Shia Muslim militia that was formed as part of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces. Rayan al-Kildani currently leads the party since founding it in 2014.[1][2][3]

The party, through its incorporation into the Popular Mobilization Forces, has close ties to the Badr Organization and IRGC.[4] Since the defeat of ISIS, the Babylon Movement has been accused a multitude of human rights abuses, including illegal land seizures in the Nineveh Governorate and election corruption.[5] While the party claims to represent the interests of Iraqi Christians, primarily the Assyrian people, a majority of the party's voters and members are Shia Muslim.

Babylon Brigade
كتائب بابليون
LeadersRayan al-Kildani
Allegiance Iraq
Group(s)
  • 50th Brigade[6]
Size1,000+[7]
Part of Popular Mobilization Forces
Allies
Opponents Islamic State
Nineveh Plain Protection Units
Battles and warsWar in Iraq (2013–2017)

History

The Babylon Movement was founded in 2014, initially as a militia group in order to defend the Nineveh Plains from the onset of ISIS.

The Babylon Movement entered the Iraqi parliamentary elections in 2014 and 2018 and earned four seats after the 2021.

On July 18, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the leader of the Babylon Brigades militia, Rayan Al-Kaldani, for alleged human rights violations.[10]

Relations with the Chaldean Catholic Church

The Chaldean Catholic Church issued a statement confirming that it has nothing to do with the Babylon Brigades, nor its leader, Rayan Al-Kaldani, nor does it represent them, and that its official representatives are members of the Iraqi Parliament only.[11][12] It was also denied by Christian members of the Iraqi Parliament, including Imad Youkhana and Yonadam Kanna, where the representatives stated that the Babylon Brigades and their leader do not represent Christians, and the battalions led by him represent him personally, and he is far from Christianity, completely against it, and does not represent it.[2][3][1]

References

  1. ^ a b وكالة انباء براثا. Archived 11 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b مقابلة النائب يونادم مع موقع الحركة الديمقراطية الاشورية. Archived 4 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b مقابلة النائب يونادم كنا على قناة الشرقية نيوز. Archived 2020-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "A Mostly Non-Christian Militia Won 2 Of Iraqi Christians' Parliamentary Seats". HuffPost. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 Aug 2019.
  5. ^ "Inside Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church battle with Iran-backed Christian group". Al-Monitor. 22 July 2023. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (October 31, 2017). "Hashd Brigade Numbers Index". Rubin Center. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  7. ^ Kaplan, Michael (July 13, 2015). "In Iraq, Christian Militia Battles Islamic State Militants: 'ISIS Terrorists Are Our Enemy'". IB Times. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  8. ^ "الهديل - الهديل- تعرّف على أبرز فصائل الحشد الشّعبي... هذا هو تعدادها وأبرز قادتها". Archived from the original on 2020-09-06. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  9. ^ Bennett-Jones, Owen (April 11, 2016). "The Christian militia fighting IS". BBC News. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  10. ^ "Treasury Sanctions Persons Associated with Serious Human Rights Abuse and Corrupt Actors in Iraq". U.S. Department of the Treasury. 18 July 2019. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  11. ^ بيان البطريركية الكلدانية. Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ قناة عشتار الفضائية. [dead link‍] Archived 25 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine
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