Events
Salaheddine Bahaaeddin was elected Secretary General at its 1st general conference in 1994. Other leaders include Hadi Ali, the second man of the party after secretary general. Ali was elected as the Director of the party's Political Bureau after their fifth convention in 2008. This Council includes all the leaders of the party and they are about 40-50 people. ‘Ali Muhammad Ahmad, Dendaar Najmen al-Doski, and Umar ‘Abd al-Aziz. It is chiefly active among students (reportedly winning nearly 40% of the vote in Dahuk University student elections), but also has an adult political base, particularly in Arbil and enjoys good relations with both the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
During the anticipation of the Iraqi legislative election, December 2005, the Kurdistan Islamic Union Office was the target of a 3,000 to 5,000 civilian protesters almost from Kurdistan Democratic Party organizations, where the phrase "Long Live 730" was written on the walls. 730 is the "numerical ballot designation for the political alliance led by Iraq's two largest Kurdish parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan."
The riots were in response from the KIU pulling out from the Democratic Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan and it resulted in killing 4 members of KIU,one of them was a member in KIU leadership, this happened after their offices in Duhok, Zakho and other several areas been exposed to shooting from policemen and security-men who supported the protesters instead of protecting KIU offices.. KIU professes non-violence, and supports the Islamic Kurdish League, which provides services to the poor. Represented on the Iraqi Governing Council.
In November 2005, this KIU decided to run separate from the other Kurdish groups in the December 15, 2005 election for the Iraqi Council of Representatives (parliament). In the January 2005 elections,KIU was part of a broad coalition of Kurdistan parties. This time it is running independently with an agenda of "reform and services.". It declared that pluraslim in Kurdistan is not practised, and that voters should be given a choice. On the Kurdish national causes, the KIU says it will be defending the rights and the constitutional achievements of the Kurds.
The party won in the December 2005 elections 1.3% and 5 out of 275 seats.
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