Jamal Abdul Karim al-Dabban

Jamal Abdul Karim al-Dabban

Sheik Jamal Abdul Karim al-Dabban ( _ar. جمال عبدالكريم الدبان) (c.1939 – 17 June 2007) was a moderate Sunni cleric in the city of Tikrit, Iraq.

al-Dabban was the senior Sunni religious leader between July 2004 and his death. He was a moderate Sunni leader with no links to insurgent groups. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19281117/ MSNBC "Iraq’s top Sunni religious leader dies" June 17 2007] ]

On June 24 2006 he was arrested along with his two sons by the United States Army in Iraq on suspicion of being a terrorist. After mass protest by Iraqi people in Tikrit the American authorities apologized and released him. [ [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/24/iraq.main/index. html CNN " Iraqi cleric freed after U.S. raid" 24 June 2006] ]

al-Dabban died on 17 June 2007 from a heart attack. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19281117/ MSNBC "Iraq’s top Sunni religious leader dies" June 17 2007] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.wral.com/apworldnews/9421536/detail.html U.S. Troops Briefly Detain Sunni Leader]
* [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F48406AD-2A31-4866-9451-B15AA11E928E.htm US detains top Iraqi Sunni cleric]
* [http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2006-06/24/05.shtml Iraqi Sunnis Condemn Mufti Detention]
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/17/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Cleric-Dies.php Iraq's Sunni mufti dies of heart attack]


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