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Abdul Majid Al-khoeiAbdul Majid al-Khoei was a Shia cleric and the son of Ayatullah Syed Abul Qasim al-Khoei. Majid was born in Najaf. During the Shia uprising of 1991 he acted as a force of moderation attempting to minimize revenge killings. When the uprising was crushed he was forced to leave Iraq. His father was to die a year later still under house arrest in Iraq. In exile in London he worked for the al-Khoei Foundation a charitable foundation set up by his father, becoming its head in 1994 when his brother was assasinated. He was also an outspoken critic of Saddam Hussein's rule: "The regime's criminal acts, beginning in 1968, have been never-ending. Executions, the closing of schools, mosques and shrines sacred to Shia worshipers; the burning of old religious scriptures; looting the sacred sites of gifts left by presidents and kings." He returned to Iraq in April 2003 after the fall of Saddam despite being warned of the dangers. Though assigned protection these could not follow him into the shrine of Imam Ali. Here he was attacked and hacked to death. External links
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