Editing Soldiers of Heaven (section)

===Beliefs===
According to reports, The Soldiers of Heaven are/were:
* "profoundly" Iraqi nationalist and anti-Iranian;<ref name="JPFAiI2011:158-9">[[JPFAiI2011|Filiu, ''Apocalypse in Islam '', 2011]]: p.158-9</ref>
* hostile to the Shia clerical hierarchy and "particularly to [[Ayatollah Sistani]], (a native of Iran, though he has lived in Najaf since 1952);<ref name=JPFAiI2011:158-9/>
* believe their former leader Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim was the Mahdi and he was the reincarnation of Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib;<ref name=LAT-rebel-30-1-2007>{{cite news |title=Rebel Muslims longed for doomsday / 'Heaven's Army' battled near Najaf with high-tech arms |agency=Los Angeles Times |date=30 January 2007 |first1=Louise |last1=Roug |first2=Saad |last2=Fakhrildeen |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Rebel-Muslims-longed-for-doomsday-Heaven-s-2653223.php |access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref>
* believe spreading chaos will hasten the return of the Hidden Imam.<ref name=depillis/><ref name=theage-2007/><ref name=cnn-cult-2007/>