Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric and philosopher (b. 1935)
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (Arabic: آية الله العظمى السيد محمد باقر الصدر, March 1, 1935 – April 9, 1980), also known as al-Shahīd al-Khāmis, was an Iraqi Shia, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party, born in al-Kadhimiya, Iraq. He was father-in-law to Muqtada al-Sadr, a cousin of Muhammad Sadeq al-Sadr and Imam Musa as-Sadr. His father Haydar al-Sadr was a well-respected high-ranking Shi'a cleric. His lineage can be traced back to Muhammad through the seventh Shia Imam Musa al-Kazim. Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr was executed in 1980 by the regime of Saddam Hussein along with his sister, Amina Sadr bint al-Huda.