Islamic Constitutional Movement

"Hadas" redirects here. For other uses, see Hadas (disambiguation).

Islamic Constitutional Movement (الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية Al-Haraka Al-Dosturiya Al-Islamiyah, Hadas) is a Kuwaiti Islamist political organization.^[1] Its an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.

Islamic Constitutional Movement الحركة الدستورية الإسلامية
Abbreviation	ICM
Secretary-General	Musaed Al Saidi
Founded	31 March 1991
Headquarters	Kuwait City
Ideology	Islamism
Political position	Right-wing
Religion	Sunni Islam
International affiliation	Muslim Brotherhood
National Assembly	1 / 64
Website
www.icmkw.org
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History and profile

ICM was established on 31 March 1991 following the liberation of Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion in the Gulf War. The group of people who started the Movement and still control it are Kuwaiti Islamists following the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood,^[1][2] most notably is Jassem Mohalhel.

Bader Al-Nashi was secretary general of the Movement between 2003 and July 2009.^[3][4] Its current secretary general is Musaed Al Saidi.^[5] It has one member in the current National Assembly of Kuwait.

Electoral history

National Assembly elections

Election	Secretary-General	Seats[6]	+/–
1992	Essa al-Shaheen	4 / 50	New
1996		6 / 50	2
1999		4 / 50	2
2003	Bader al-Nashi	2 / 50	2
2006		6 / 50	4
2008		4 / 50	2
2009	Nasser al-Sane	2 / 50	2
2012 (Feb)		4 / 50	2
2012 (Dec)		0 / 50	4
2013		0 / 50	0
2016	Mohammed al-Olaim	4 / 50	4
2020	Musaid al-Saidi[7]	3 / 50	1
2022		3 / 50	0
2023		3 / 50	0
2024		1 / 50	2

See also

• List of Islamic political parties