موقف الشيخ حبيب المهاجر العاملي من نشاط الإرسالية العربية الأمريكية في لواء العمارة 1927-1932

Abstract EN

When the USA Arab Mission of protestant evangelism arrived in the Amarah city in Iraq 1895, in all its activates, it took quiet action by exploiting the needs of the people of the region for health service.

therefore, during this period, there was little opposition until 1926 when it opend the American Hospital (Lansing).

And used it for the purposes of evangelization, to seduce the poor in various ways, prompting elite members of the bridge to appeal to the Najaf scholars, who in trurnsemt sheikh Habib AL-Muhajir to the Amarah city in 1927 to combat proselytism, He initiated an active opposition to the activities of the Arab-American Mission by carrying out acts that showed a good reading of the social and economic reality of the people of the rigion.

He opend the Muhammadiyah library, published the First Magazine in AL-Mara (AL-Huda) Education was Free of charge, as well as an effort to combat illiteracy, and to open a free Medical clinic.

And his work not only succeeded in stopping most of the missionary activities, it was one of the most important reasons for reviving the cultural and educational movement in the Amarah until his departure in 1932 to his country of Lebanon because of poor health.