Harith al-Dhari

Harith al-Dhari
حارث الضاري
Born1941
Died12 March 2015[1] (aged 74)
Occupation(s)Cleric
Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars
ChildrenMuthanna Harith al-Dhari
ParentSuleyman ibn Dhari
RelativesDhari ibn Zahir (grandfather)
Khamis ibn Dhari (uncle)
Abd al-Wahhab ibn Khamis (cousin)

Sheikh Harith Sulayman al-Dhari (al-Dari) or Harith ibn Sulayman ibn Dhari al-Zoba'i al-shamri (Arabic: حارث الضاري) (b. 1941 – 12 March 2015) was an Iraqi Sunni Arab cleric, and chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars. He is also leader of the Zoba' tribe. An outspoken critic of the American invasion of Iraq, he is known as "the Spiritual Leader of the Iraqi Resistance" (Insurgency). His father and grandfather killed British Colonel Gerard Leachman and played a part in the 1920 revolt against British imperial rule, which was the fiercest in the Shi'ite south, and was a seminal moment of unity between Iraq's Sunnis, Shi'ites, and Kurds that forced the British to allow a form of self-rule.