Islamic Constitutional Movement Explained

Islamic Constitutional Movement
Secretary General:Musaed Al Saidi
Foundation:31 March 1991
Ideology:Islamism
Religion:Sunni Islam
Headquarters:Kuwait City
International:Muslim Brotherhood
Website:www.icmkw.org
Country:Kuwait
Abbreviation:ICM
Native Name Lang:ar
Native Name:الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية
Seats1 Title:National Assembly

Islamic Constitutional Movement (Arabic: الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية , Hadas) is a Kuwaiti Islamist political organization.[1] Its an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.

History and profile

ICM was established on 31 March 1991 following the liberation of Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion in the Gulf War. The group of people who started the Movement and still control it are Kuwaiti Islamists following the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood,[1] [2] most notably is Jassem Mohalhel.

Bader Al-Nashi was secretary general of the Movement between 2003 and July 2009.[3] [4] Its current secretary general is Musaed Al Saidi.[5] It has one member in the current National Assembly of Kuwait.

Electoral history

National Assembly elections

ElectionSecretary-GeneralSeats[6] +/–
1992Essa al-ShaheenNew
1996 2
1999 2
2003Bader al-Nashi 2
2006 4
2008 2
2009Nasser al-Sane 2
2012 (Feb) 2
2012 (Dec) 4
2013 0
2016Mohammed al-Olaim 4
2020Musaid al-Saidi[7] 1
2022 0
2023 0
2024 2

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Scott Williamson and Nathan Brown. (20 November 2013).Kuwaits muslim brotherhood under pressure Foreign Policy. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. Book: Nathan J. Brown. Amr Hamzawy. Between Religion and Politics. 2010. Carnegie Endowment. 978-0-87003-297-4. 109.
  3. Web site: HADAS to choose its new leader on August 1st. Ikhwan Web. 30 September 2014. 13 July 2009.
  4. http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=ODEyOTc0NTY5 ICM Secretary General
  5. Web site: Hadas Chooses Al-Olaim as Secretary General (in Arabic). Al-Rai Newspaper. 17 August 2018. 16 December 2013.
  6. http://www.kuwaitpolitics.org/pg1.htm Muslim Brothers
  7. Web site: مساعد السعيدي أميناً عاماً لـ«حدس». 7 January 2021.