Ezzedine Salim Politician

Ezzedine Salim, (Arabic: عزالدين سليم‎), also known as Abdelzahra Othman Mohammed (1943 - 17 May 2004, عبدالزهرة عثمان محمد), was an Iraqi politician, author, educator, Islamist theorist and one of the leading members of the Iraqi Dawaa Movement between 1980 and 2004.Author of over 50 books, including history, Islamic events and works on education, he is best known in the Muslim world for his work on what he believed to be the social and political role of Islam, particularly in his book Political Opposition in the experience of Imam Ali(as). His magnum opus, Fatima Bint Muhammad, is a high calibre commentary on the life of Fatima, the daughter of Prophet Muhammad.He has been described as a great philosopher and martyr for Islam.