Al Hawza or al Hauza was an Arabic language weekly newspaper in Iraq.[1]
History and profile
editAl Hawza started publication in 2003[1] after the removal of Saddam Hussein, and American media considered it to be the mouthpiece for Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Sadr.[2] It was a weekly newspaper published every Thursday.[2][3] The paper was a religious cultural publication.[1] Its chairman was Abbas Al Rubayi.[1] Hasan Al Zarkani served as the editor.[1] Ali Yasseri was the editor of the paper when it was suspended.[4]
It was shut down by the 759th Military Police Battalion, under orders of the United States-led administration of Paul Bremer on 28 March 2004, after being accused of encouraging violence against Coalition troops.[3][5][6] The closure of the weekly was protested by hundreds of Iraqis in Baghdad shortly after the ban.[4][7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e "The new Iraqi press, 2003". Al Bab. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ a b Nir Rosen (31 March 2004). "US newspaper ban plays into cleric's hands". Asia Times. Baghdad. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Ahmed K. Al-Rawi (7 August 2012). Media Practice in Iraq. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-137-27164-8. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Iraqi outcry as US bans newspaper". BBC. 29 March 2004. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ Jeffrey Gettleman (29 May 2004). "G.I.'s Padlock Baghdad Paper Accused of Lies". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ David W. Bulla; Justyna Sempruch (2008). Lincoln's Censor: Milo Hascall and Freedom of the Press in Civil War Indiana. Purdue University Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-55753-473-6. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Closure of Shiite Newspaper in Baghdad Sparks Protests". PBS. 29 May 2004. Retrieved 13 September 2014.