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The '''Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia''' ('''MIRA''', {{langx|ar|الحركة الإسلامية للإصلاح}}) was a British-based Saudi oppositionist organization headed by [[Sa'ad Al-Faqih]], who has been a key figure in the reform movement in Saudi Arabia since the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]]. According to al-Faqih, "[the] MIRA office in London is the information and media centre of the movement rather than the leadership." MIRA was established in London in April 1996, and its aim, along with that of the [[Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights]] (CDLR), which seemed to be a front for [[Hizb ut-Tahrir]] and [[Mohammad al-Massari]], is to change the ruling system from a monarchy to an Islamic one using political means.<ref name="ushr2005">[https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61698.htm US State Dept. report] which mentions MIRA and al-Faqih</ref>

According to a 2005 [[United States Department of State]] report on [[human rights in Saudi Arabia]], MIRA was founded in 1996 as a splinter of the [[Committee for the Defense of Legitimate Rights]], both of which "continued to advocate overthrowing the (Saudi) monarchy by force." The report adds: "In December 2004 police arrested 21 persons for taking part in Jeddah in an anti-government protest sponsored by MIRA, whose leader, Sa'ad al-Faqih, was a supporter of international terrorism."<ref name="ushr2005"/>

== See also ==
* [[List of political parties in Saudi Arabia]]
* [[Al-Haraka al-Islahiya al-Islamiya]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051102010335/http://www.meib.org/articles/0311_saudii.htm An interview with Sa'ad Al-Faqih] 2003
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060425140656/http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369847 Jamestown Foundation interview] 2005
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060420142209/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HD20Ak02.html Asia Times interview] 2006
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213424/http://www.islah.tv/index.php?%2Fenglish%2F Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia]
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