Islamic Clerics Committee
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The Islamic Clerics Committee is one of several grassroots
leadership groups to rise out of the ashes of post-war Iraq
. Representing the Sunni minority in the country, the group has used their considerable leverage to secure the release of more than 20 hostages in the early months of 2004. In addition, the group's popularity has soared to heroic levels due to aid convoys that they have arranged be sent into the besieged city of Fallujah
.
The ICC has been heavily critical of the United States
' siege of Fallujah, particularly in light of the reportedly enormous death toll it has taken on the city's residents. They have taken to promoting peaceful forms of resistance, such as the boycotting of British
and American
products.
Grassroots
A grassroots movement is one driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures...
leadership groups to rise out of the ashes of post-war 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....
. Representing the Sunni minority in the country, the group has used their considerable leverage to secure the release of more than 20 hostages in the early months of 2004. In addition, the group's popularity has soared to heroic levels due to aid convoys that they have arranged be sent into the besieged city of Fallujah
Fallujah
Fallujah is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jewish academies for many centuries....
.
The ICC has been heavily critical of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
' siege of Fallujah, particularly in light of the reportedly enormous death toll it has taken on the city's residents. They have taken to promoting peaceful forms of resistance, such as the boycotting of British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
products.