...executed. "Violence against gays has intensified sharply since late 2005, when Iraq's leading Shiite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, issued a fatwa, or religious decree, which declared that gays and lesbians should be 'killed in the worst,...
...pact approved last week allowing U.S. troops to remain in the country for three more years. A senior aide to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said Saturday that the influential cleric fears the deal will not guarantee Iraq's sovereignty. He also said he...
...Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's influential Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has reservations about a pact allowing U.S. troops to stay for three more years, but politicians must decide its value, a source said on Saturday. Iraq's parliament passed...
...al-Sadr renewed threats to unleash his militia fighters to attack U.S. forces unless they leave Iraq immediately, and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani vowed to intervene if he concludes the proposed agreement governing the presence of U.S. forces infringes...
... Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shia cleric, has signalled that he will not oppose the pact, but only if it wins wide backing from across Iraq's sectarian political divides. Al-Maliki has attacked the...
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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani Arabic: السيد علي الحسيني السيستاني, Persian: سید علی حسینی سیستانی;. Born approximately August 4, 1930) is an Iranian born Grand Ayatollah, and Shi'a marja residing in Iraq. He is currently the preeminent Twelver Shi'a cleric in Iraq as well as an important political figure in Post-invasion Iraq.
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