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No, Im not an expert on Sadr, the faith he follows, or his family history.
From what I understand, he's a relatively low-level cleric who used his ayatollah father's popularity (and martyrdom) to amass a lawless, illegitimate militia, then went about killing off his rivals in ensuing power struggles. What makes him the more loathsome in my eyes is the fact that he's doing all his power plays under the guise of religion, a la the insane fundamentalist mullahs in Iran. As far as Im concerned, he less a holy man than an outright criminal.
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