Shaheed Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr
 
Born in 1936 in Kadimiya, Enrolled in Najaf Academy in 1948,
Wrote Our Philosophy in 1959, and Our Economics in 1961
Teaching in Hawza in 1963-80, Announced his marja'iyyah in 1971
Publish his Islamic Legal Codes in 1975,
In 1978-79 He was recognized as leader of anti-government Islamic Resistance and was arrested and placed under house-arrest in 1979-1980. He issued 3 Anti-government Statements in 1980 as a resule of which, On April 8, 1980, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was executed. His execution aroused no criticism from the West against the Iraqi regime, however, because Sadr had openly supported the Ayatollah Khomeini's regime in Iran and because the West was distracted by the turbulence in Iran that followed the revolution. Governments both in the West and in the region were concerned that the Iranian revolution would be "exported," and they set about eliminating that threat. When Ayatollah Khomeini called upon Muslims in Iraq to follow the example of the Iranian people and rise up against the corrupt secular Ba'thist socialist regime, they interpreted it as the first step in the spread of Islamic radicalism that would eventually lead to the destabilization of the whole region.

Sadr's support of the Khomeini crusade against the Bacthists was considered a threat to the Iraqi regime and dealt with swiftly. He was regarded by his followers as the "future Khomeini" of Iraq.