Sayyid Abdul Majid al-Khoei, 16 August, 1962 – 10 April, 2003) was a Shia cleric and the son of Ayatollah Al-Udhma Sayyid Abul Qasim al-Khoei who was born in the holy city of Najaf. He lived and studied under his father in Najaf until 1991. During the Shia uprising of 1991 he actively took part in the fighting against Saddam's Ba'ath Party but also acted as a force of moderation attempting to minimize revenge killings. Wikipedia
Abdul Majid Al-Khoei, who has been murdered in Najaf aged 40, was a leading figure in the exiled Iraqi community. www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0%2C2763%2C935242%2C00.html
Interview with Ghanem Jawad, conducted by Mahan Abedin, published in the May 2004 issue of Middle East Intelligence Bulletin. www.meib.org/articles/0405_iraqi.htm
At the time, Mr al-Khoei was said to have died at the hands of a frenzied mob, hacked to death inside the mosque as he tried to prevent the killing of another man - the custodian of the shrine under Saddam. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/04/18/...
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The judge will interview three Iraqi exiles who witnessed the savage attack last April on Sayed Abdul Majid Al-Khoei, a cleric whom Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, hoped would help forge peace in Iraq. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/04/18/...