Organization for the Islamic Revolution in the Arabian Peninsula
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The Organization for the Islamic Revolution in the Arabian Peninsula (Arabic: منظمة الثورة الإسلامية في شبه الجزيرة العربية Munaẓamat ath-Thawrah al-Islamīyah fī al-Jazīrah al-ʿArabīyah), OIR, IRAP or OIRAP[1] was an underground political organization led by Hassan al-Saffar that was active in Saudi Arabia and advocated a Shia Islamic revolution in the Arabian peninsula. The group had its roots in the Shia Reform Movement in Saudi Arabia, although it was radicalized in 1979 as a result of the Iranian revolution and the Qatif Uprising. The group subsequently strove for change through confrontation, mass action, and revolution. However, after having failed to realise its goal of a Shia Islamic revolution in the Arabian peninsula, the group underwent a period of moderation in the late 1980s, leading to a détente with Saudi government. In a sign of its growing moderation, the OIR transformed itself into the Reformative Movement in the Arabian Peninsula in 1991. The Reform Movement was then dissolved in 1993.
Organization for the Islamic Revolution in the Arabian Peninsula منظمة الثورة الإسلامية في شبه الجزيرة العربية | |
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Leader | Hassan al-Saffar |
Founded | 1979 |
Dissolved | 1991 |
Preceded by | Shia Reform Movement |
Succeeded by | The Reform Movement |
Headquarters | Iran |
Newspaper | The Islamic Revolution Magazine (1981–1991) The Arabian Peninsula Magazine (1991) |
Ideology | Shia Islamism Pro-Shirazi Religious nationalism Conservatism |
Religion | Shia Islam |
International affiliation | Movement of Vanguards Missionaries High Council of the Revolution |
Slogan | Not Eastern and not Western |