Until 2004 he was the secretary general of the Iraqi Islamic Party, the largest Sunni party in Iraq, and as a result was appointed to the Iraqi Governing Council.
2004年，他出任伊拉克最大的逊尼派阿拉伯人政党，伊拉克伊斯兰党的秘书长，并因此被任命为伊拉克临时管理委员会委员。