 Although Kadhim was born to a Shia family, he sees it as no more than a historical coincidence which "does not entail anything".In an interview with "Al-Waqt" newspaper, he stated that joining college in 1991 was an important turn in his life which until then had been influenced by the Islamic revival in the early 1980s.Kadhim recalled that he took part in several religious activities in his childhood.