Syriac Assembly Movement

Party logo of the Syriac Assembly Movement

Syriac Assembly Movement (Arabic: حركة تجمع السريان) formerly known as the Syriac Independent Gathering Movement (Arabic: Harakat Tajammu al-Suryan al-Mustaqill) is a political party in Iraq. Its membership comprises mostly Christians, who belong to Syriac Orthodox and Syriac Catholic communities in that country. On several occasions, SAM cooperated with some other minority parties, mainly on issues related to protection of ethnic and religious rights of minority groups in Iraq. SAM headquarters are in Baghdida. Chairman of SAM is Anwar Matti Hadaya.

SAM participated in the 2009 Nineveh governorate election, as a member of the Ishtar Patriotic List, and secured a seat in the Nineveh Governorate Council. In 2017, SAM joined with other Christian minority parties in formulating a comprehensive political platform on the creation of a new governorate in the region of Nineveh Plains.

See also

• Politics of Iraq
• Ethnic groups in Iraq
• Christianity in Iraq
• Oriental Orthodoxy in Iraq

Sources

• BarAbraham, Abdulmesih (2018). "Safeguarding the Cross: Emergence of Christian Militias in Iraq and Syria". Middle Eastern Christians and Europe: Historical Legacies and Present Challenges. Wien: LIT Verlag. pp. 217–238.
• Lalik, Krzysztof (2018). "Ethnic and Religious Factors of Chaldo-Assyrian Identity in an Interface with the Kurds in Iraqi Kurdistan". Rediscovering Kurdistan’s Cultures and Identities: The Call of the Cricket. Cham: Springer. pp. 213–257.
• Salloum, Saad (2019). "Minorities in Iraq: National Legal Framework, Political Participation, and the Future of Citizenship Given the Current Changes". Beyond ISIS: History and Future of Religious Minorities in Iraq. London: Transnational Press. pp. 11–32.
• Teule, Herman G. B. (2012). "Christians in Iraq: An Analysis of Some Recent Political Developments" (PDF). Der Islam. 88 (1): 179–198.

External links

• MP Caro visits the Syriac Assembly Movement (2012)