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Islamic Task Organization

Established in Karbala in early 1960s by proponents of an Islamic government in Iraq. Leaders of the group include Shi'a clerics Hasan Shirazi and Muhammad Husayn Shirazi, as well as Muhammad Taqi al-Mudarrisi, who has been critical of the U.S.-led coalition at times and does not support the idea of a federal system in Iraq. He was quoted in "Al-Zaman" in June 2004 as saying: "We have affirmed the need to establish a national accord government to provide an appropriate security situation to hold free and fair elections." This group welcomed the formation of the interim government in June 2004 but criticized the composition of the government for not including enough representatives from the Islamic trend. The organization has very close relations with SCIRI. The group, like many Islamist parties, was somewhat critical of UN Security Council Resolution 1546, due to some paragraphs they claimed undermined Iraq's national sovereignty.