Jihad and Reform Front

Jihad and Reform Front
جبهة الجهاد والإصلاح
Logo of the Jihad and Reform Front
Dates of operation	2 May 2007 - 18 December 2011
Ideology	Sunni Islamism Iraqi nationalism Anti-al-Qaeda
Battles and wars	Islamic Army–al-Qaeda conflict

The Jihad and Reform Front (JRF), or Reformation and Jihad Front (RJF), is a Sunni insurgent coalition in Iraq that announced its formation on May 2, 2007.^[1] The announcement was posted on several jihadist websites.

The Front is officially opposed to and critical of Al-Qaida in Iraq, and comprises three groups: the Islamic Army in Iraq, the Mujahideen Army, and some senior leaders from the Sharia Commission of Ansar al-Sunnah, according to the Front's founding notice. Leaflets recently plastered on walls in the western city of Fallujah said another insurgent group, the 1920 Revolution Brigades, may have joined the front as well.

Goals

According to Newsvine.com, its announced goals are as follows: "expelling the occupiers, establishing religion, government by Sharia, and a moderate approach to Islamic doctrine (i.e. against strict enforcement and Takfiri practices). It rejects the legitimacy of the constitution, 'sectarian elections', and the al-Maliki government. It calls on all factions of the Iraqi insurgency to join with it, and specifically invites the 1920 Revolution Brigade, and urges all to avoid battles at the expense of the main battle against the American occupation." [1]

Member Groups

Islamic Army in Iraq
Mujahideen Army
Sharia Commission of Ansar al-Sunnah
Army of Jihad
Army of the Tabieen
Muhammad al-Fatah Battalion
Upright Battalion
1920 Revolution Brigade
Dawa and Frontier Companies
Soldiers of the Most Merciful Companies
Jaish al-Rashideen
Army of the Muslims
Iraqi Islamic Jihad Movement^[2]

References

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Armed groups in the Iraqi conflict

Iraqi government

• Iraqi Armed Forces
  • Iraqi Army
  • Iraqi Air Force
  • Iraqi Navy
• Iraqi security forces
• Iraqi Police
  • Iraqi Police Service
  • National Police
  • Supporting Forces
• Facilities Protection Service

Ba'athists

• Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order
• Fedayeen Saddam
• General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries
• Al-Awda
• General Command of the Armed Forces, Resistance and Liberation in Iraq
• Popular Army
• New Return
• Patriotic Front
• Political Media Organ of the Ba'ath Party
• Popular Resistance for the Liberation of Iraq
• Al-Abud Network
• Free Iraqi Army

Militias and others

Shia Islamic militias	Popular Mobilization Forces Mahdi Army Abu Deraa's Mahdi Army faction Badr Organization Sheibani Network Soldiers of Heaven Free Iraqi Forces Special Groups (Iraq) Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Promised Day Brigade Kata'ib Hezbollah Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda Kata'ib al-Imam Ali Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba Saraya al-Jihad Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces Quwwat Sahl Ninawa Mukhtar Army Hezbollah Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas Jaysh al-Mu'ammal Liwa Ali al-Akbar Islamic Resistance in Iraq Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Sunni Islamic militias	Tribal Mobilization (ar) Awakening groups 1920 Revolution Brigade Jaish al-Rashideen Islamic Army in Iraq Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance Hamas of Iraq Harakat Ahrar al-Iraq
Kurdish militias	Peshmerga Kurdistan Workers' Party Kurdistan Freedom Hawks Sinjar Resistance Units Êzîdxan Women's Units
Turkmen militias	Iraqi Turkmen Front 16Brigade 52nd Brigade 92nd Brigade Brigade of Imam Hussein Sayyid al-Shuhada Bashir Regiment
Assyrian/Syriac militias	Nineveh Plains Nineveh Plain Protection Units Nineveh Plain Forces Qaraqosh Protection Committee Dwekh Nawsha Syriac Military Council Kataib Rouh Allah Issa Ibn Miriam Babylon Brigade
Yazidi militias	Asayîşa Êzîdxanê Êzîdxan Protection Force Sinjar Alliance Sinjar Resistance Units Êzîdxan Women's Units

Insurgents

Nationalist Salafis	Mujahideen Army Mujahideen Battalions of the Salafi Group of Iraq Islamic Salafist Boy Scout Battalions Mohammad's Army
Salafi Jihadists	Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan Black Banner Organization Abu Theeb's group Abu Bakr Al-Salafi Army Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna Jamaat Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah Islamic State Mujahideen Shura Council Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah Al-Qaeda in Iraq Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad Wakefulness and Holy War White Flags

External links

• JR Front Establishing Statement
• Iraq Islamist groups form rival coalition to Qaeda Reuters, May 3, 2007.
• State of the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq: August 2007 NEFA Foundation, August 15, 2007.

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