Amina Haydar al-Sadr (; 1937 – 1980), known as Bint al-Huda al-Sadr (), was an

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

i educator and political activist who was executed by

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...

's regime along with her brother, Ayatullah Sayyid

Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (; 1 March 1935 – 9 April 1980), also known as al-Shahid al-Khamis (), was an Iraqi Islamic scholar, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party. He was the father-in-law to Muqtada al-Sadr, a ...

, in 1980.

Life and career

Aminah Haidar al-Sadr was born in 1937 in Kazimiyah,

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where she would eventually establish several religious schools for girls. Bint al-Huda played a significant role in creating

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awareness among the

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women of Iraq. She was in her twenties when she began writing articles in '' al-Adwaa'', an Islamic magazine printed by the religious intellectuals of

Najaf Najaf is the capital city of the Najaf Governorate in central Iraq, about 160 km (99 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2024 is about 1.41 million people. It is widely considered amongst the holiest cities of Shia Islam an ...

, Iraq, in 1959. She was also well known for her participation in the Safar Uprising in 1977. Bint al-Huda grew up with a serious love of learning. She soon became aware of what she perceived to be the Muslim women's sufferings and the great disasters which were damaging Islamic ideology in her country. In 1980, she and her brother, the religious leader Ayatollah Sayyid

, were arrested, brutally tortured and later executed by Saddam Hussein's regime due to their leading role in the opposition to the regime. It has been reported that Saddam Hussein himself killed them. The Baathists delivered the bodies of Baqir al-Sadr and Bint al-Huda to their cousin Sayyid

Mohammad al-Sadr Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed al-Sadr (; born 23 March 1943 – 19 February 1999) was a prominent Iraqi Twelver Shiite cleric and marja'. He called for government reform and the release of detained Shia leaders during the rule of Saddam Huss ...

, and were buried in the

Wadi-us-Salaam Wadi-us-Salaam (, , ) is an Islamic cemetery, located in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. It is the largest cemetery in the world. The cemetery covers and contains more than 6 million bodies. It also attracts millions of pilgrims annually. The ceme ...

graveyard in the holy city of

the same night.

Works

* A Word And A Call - first book published in the 1960s * Virtue Triumphs * A Lady With The Prophet * Two Women And A Man - a story about education and guidance * Conflict of reality * The Searcher Of Truth - published in 1979 * Memories On The Hills of Mecca - written after her pilgrimage Ito Mecca in 1973 * A Meeting At The Hospital * The Lost Aunt * Had I But Known * The Game * The Heroic Muslim Women * Inner Debate * The Lost Diary * Choosing A Wife * Determination * Spiritual Journey * A Bad Bargain * The Gift * A Visit To The Bride * Inner Debate * The Last Days * Hard Times * A New Start * The Last Hours * Struggling With Conflict * Idleness * Ingratitude * Firm Stand * The Dangerous Game * A Muslim Student's Diary

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Safar Uprising
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Life and career

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