Then he not only turned his back on the protesters, he ordered his goons to attack them.
Instantly, Moqtada became one of the most hated men in Iraq.
But today?
Today, he's just a joke.
Iraq - protests about gender-mixing ban
In response to Muqtada Al-Sadr's tweet calling for separating men and women between the sexes
The slogan of the #Iraqi youth: We Iraqi youth are not the ones who bow to a tweet in Twitter.
#IraqProtests #iraqmillionmanmarch
Iraqis are mocking Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr online by wearing hijabs and drawing on mustaches after he called for gender segregation at protests. See the full story here: ara.tv/rjbqm
#IraqProtest @Mu_AlSadr