...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, most...
...region and Ramadi in the Sunni area. He met with local officials and briefed Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, on the agency's work. His agency is working with Iraqi authorities to help people get their dwellings back...
...honors commitments to pull back its troops. The comments came after Iraq's influential top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, expressed reservations about the pact which paves the way for US troops to withdraw from Iraqi towns by mid-2009, and...
...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 feels...
...too much power to the Americans and does not protect Iraqi sovereignty, an official at his office said yesterday. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's comments fell short of outright rejection but will put pressure on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Shiite-led...
...of support for people wary of the security pact, a statement from the office of Iraq's most influential Shi'ite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, said yesterday that there was "concern toward the security pact." Sistani does not involve himself in politics,...
... An official close to Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani says Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric has "concerns" about the US-Iraqi security pact. But the official said al-Sistani will let Iraqis decide the fate of the agreement to let U.S. forces stay...
...clerics oppose the whole idea of Iraq's negotiating with the United States over its independence. A representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the nation's leading Shiite cleric, suggested the 149-35 vote of approval in Iraq's parliament wasn't broad...
...lines, largely because of the intervention and insistence of Iraq's most powerful Shiite religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who, from his office in Najaf, has appealed to leaders from every religious faction for reconciliation. Al-Sistani...
...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 a...