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gulfnews.com
April 25, 2018
In the holy city of Najaf, home to Imam Ali's shrine and Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, there was a similar feeling of disillusionment ... Even Sistani seems unhappy with the performance of the politicians, issuing a fatwa recently implicitly calling on Shiites to vote for new blood.
Al-Monitor
April 25, 2018
But the outpouring of sectarian solidarity was far from unanimous among Iraqi Shiites, who make up about 60% of the population. More than a few of them gleefully, if privately, delighted in seeing the big brother to the east get taken down a notch. Officially, the country's most senior Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,Ãâà...
Al-Monitor
April 23, 2018
During the April 13 Friday sermon, the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Ahmed al-Safi, reiterated how the Shiite religious establishment in Najaf insists that politicians who have previously failed to live up to executive or legislative responsibility not be elected. Safi warned against voting forÃâà...
Christian Science Monitor
April 13, 2018
Many candidates reflect a popular resentment against Iran's meddling in Iraq, which is driven by Tehran's desire for a land bridge through Syria and to the coast of Lebanon. At a deeper level, many Iraqis accept the ideas of a leading Shiite theologian, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who disagrees with Iran'sÃâà...
The Express Tribune
April 6, 2018
Long denied freedom of movement at their holy sites, Shiites – from Iraq and around the world – now converge every year for massive holiday gatherings at shrines in Karbala, Najaf, Samarra and Baghdad. The opinions of the country's highest Shiite authority, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, carry great weight.
The National
April 5, 2018
Ayatollah Sistani in 2014 called for Iraqis to take up arms against ISIL, which inadvertently led to the creation of Shia militias under Iran's control. This development has convinced high-ranking clerics that Iran's meddling in Iraq must be contained. There is also a theological dispute dating back centuries: theÃâà...
War on the Rocks
April 3, 2018
The PMF includes groups with competing ideologies and rivalling allegiances to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. However, the most powerful groups and leaders in the PMF come from a network of conservative Shia Islamists whoÃâà...
The New Arab (blog)
March 30, 2018
But the intention to alter society's image of clerics backfired, with many social media users condemning the sight of a turban-wearing, robe-wearing cleric playing a musical instrument. According to Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Iraq's most powerful Shia leader and a religious guide for many Shias around the world,Ãâà...
Al-Arabiya
March 28, 2018
Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the highest Shi'ite leader in Iraq, and one revered by many Lebanese, has said that neither the piano nor classical music are prohibited in Islam. But Husseini has received online criticism and has heard that some religious leaders consider his video as “an insult to the turban”.
The Atlantic
March 19, 2018
To combat the fictional fatwa, Al-Hamdani had to go to the revered Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani and convince him to write a real fatwa forbidding looting from archeological sites. Soldiers near a replica of the Ishtar Gate in September 2003 (Thomas Coex / AFP / Getty). But even aside from looting, some of theÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
March 17, 2018
Iraqi Kurdish leaders reportedly appealed to the Iranian authorities as well as to the Najaf-based Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to help them mediate with Baghdad. “Kurdish parties, specifically the Kurdistan Democratic Party [led by Masoud Barzani], sent more than one letter to Sistani asking to meet withÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 12, 2018
Masoud Haidar, a parliament member for the Kurdistan Alliance, on March 3 called on Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to help the Kurds in their plight. Sistani is well-known among Shiite parties, so the Kurds hope he will pressure Baghdad and resolve the situation. On Feb. 28, a Kurdish delegationÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
March 11, 2018
He moved from Marija al-Shirazi to Ayatollah Sistani's reference in Iraq. Many of Shirazis entered Bahrain's parliament and reconciled with the government. Kuwaiti MP Saleh Ashour is considered the godfather of the Shirazis in Kuwait and the supervisor of “al-Anwar” channel, which is managed by theÃâà...
TheTower.org
March 9, 2018
The Hashd al-Shaabi was formed upon a call by Iraq's grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the summer of 2014 when ISIS captured large parts of the country. It is an umbrella organization of more than 40 militias of mostly Shia fighters, some of which have pledged spiritual allegiance to Iranian Supreme LeaderÃâà...
Kurdistan24
March 3, 2018
So far, clerics they have held meetings with Ali Mousavi, head of the Shia Endowment, and Ayatollah Ali Bashir Najafi, among others. It is not clear whether or not they will meet with Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the cleric most influential with Iraq's Shia politicians and community. A spokesman for the PatrioticÃâà...
Al-Monitor
February 27, 2018
As usual, Velayati failed to meet with top Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani and other religious authorities during his trip to Najaf, because of the policy of the city's religious figures not to receive Iranians who make inflammatory statements about Iraqi domestic affairs. Lebanese Shiite activist Mustafa Fahs said thatÃâà...
The Atlantic
February 22, 2018
In June 2014, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the leading Shiite clergyman in the world, called on all able-bodied Iraqis to defend their country against the Islamic State. Iraq's U.S.-trained armed forces had collapsed, fleeing the advance of ISIS as it seized Mosul and much of northern Iraq. Sistani'sÃâà...
East County Magazine
February 14, 2018
February 14, 2018 (El Cajon) -- Adnan Al Jaafari is a journalist who has published a video criticizing corruption, including harsh words for Iraq's highest ranked religious figure, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. A blog on Huffington Post, as well as an East County resident we interviewed, credit Sistani withÃâà...
Stars and Stripes
February 3, 2018
While some of the most powerful and influential groups are indeed Shiite and Iranian-backed, including Badr, many are small local units that responded to nationalist calls from powerful religious figures such as Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. And not all are linked to Tehran, according to the U.S. military.
Newsweek
February 2, 2018
As ISIS overran vast swathes of the country and appeared poised to take the capital, Baghdad, the leader of Iraq's highest Shiite religious authority, Ayatollah Sistani, issued a fatwa, or religious edict, compelling all the faithful to protect their homeland from ISIS. GettyImages-610087080 (1) Members of theÃâà...
IFP News
December 7, 2017
Iraq's top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has condemned a controversial decision by the United States to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as the ... Ayatollah Sistan's office issued a statement on Thursday and said Washington's move “hurts the feelings of hundreds of millions of Arabs, Muslims.”.
The Hill
October 24, 2017
In the wake of its Sept. 25 independence referendum, Iraqi Kurdistan is at its weakest since 2003. Turkey severed its relations with Kurdistan. Iran closed the Kurdistan border. Iraqi ministers cut financial ties, halted international flights to and from Kurdistan, and even threatened to expel Kurdish membersÃâà...
Arab News
December 31, 1999
In the holy city of Najaf, home to Imam Ali's shrine and Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, there was a similar feeling of disillusionment ... Even Sistani seems unhappy with the performance of the politicians, issuing a fatwa recently implicitly calling on Shiites to vote for new blood.
The National Interest Online
December 31, 1999
The role of Iraq's revered Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, who is highly influential in Iraqi politics, will be crucial in this peace-building process. Nevertheless, there is only so much that can be done as a moderating force unless serious progress can be made both towards interfaith dialogue between Sunnis andÃâà...
Arab News
December 31, 1999
... roller marked with camouflage paint in the southern city of Basra on March 1, 2018. Tens of thousands of Iraqis mobilised in 2014 and formed the Hashed al-Shaabi, a paramilitary umbrella organisation set up to fight Daesh, in response to a call by the country's top Shiite authority, Ayatollah Ali Sistani.
The Strategist (blog)
December 31, 1999
The fatwa led to the formation of the Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF)), which attracted around 60,000 fighters organised into some 60 units. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei directs at least 44 of these 60 Shia paramilitaries; others are under the authority of Sistani or areÃâà...
Al-Monitor
December 31, 1999
Hadi al-Hisnawi, the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Karbala, told Al-Monitor that wax sculptures are acceptable because they contribute to cultural knowledge by introducing important figures to new generations. He pointed to a fatwa permitting “owning carved statues that do not promoteÃâà...
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