The Process of Leading Change in the Kurdistan Islamic Movement – Iraq (Emergence, Factors and Trends)

Abstract

This article studies the process of emergence of the Islamic Movement in South of Kurdistan (Iraqi Kurdistan) and follows its internal changes. It explains how the Islamic organizations emerged; and, in the process, provides answers to questions such as: What have the effective factors been in the emergence of this movement and its internal changes? What is the deference between this and other Islamic movements? What has the effect of other Islamic movements been? Which ideological-intellectual trends have existed within it? Mentioning the effect of other Islamic Movements and also the special situation of Kurdistan on it, its trends, parties and ideological-intellectual relations with others have been studied. Indeed, by far, the reasons of the uprising of this movement, its relation with Kurdish nationalism and also its influence and function in autonomous region of Kurdistan have been explained. It has been tried to clarify which internal trend could be maintained in the Kurdistan political arena.