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Observers described the move as being a path leading directly to Shia political dominance over Iraq's government, as Shia Muslims make up approximately 65% of the total Iraqi population. [ citation needed ] Subsequently, Sistani criticized plans for an Iraqi government for not being democratic enough.
Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Basheer Hussain Najafi (Arabic: آية الله العظمى بشير النجفي) (born 1942) is a Pakistani Twelver Shia Marja' and one of the Four Grand Ayatollahs of Najaf, Iraq. He was born in Jalandhar, [1] a city in then-British India. He resides in Najaf, Iraq now.
Allamah Ibrahim el-Zakzaky – influential Shia cleric in Africa; leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria; Allama Syed Jawad Naqvi – Religious Leader and influential Shia Scholar in Pakistan; Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani – cleric, head of the Council of Islamic revolution and founding member of the Freedom Movement of Iran
Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq: Iraq: Official Website: 31 Sayyid Ali Asghar Dastgheib سید علیاصغر دستغیب 25 November 1945 (age 79) Shiraz, Imperial State of Iran: Iran: Official Website: 32 Sayyid Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi السيد احمد الحسني البغدادي : 1945 (age 79–80) Kingdom of Iraq: Iraq: Official Website: 33
Muqtada al-Sadr (Arabic: مقتدى الصدر, romanized: Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr; born 4 August 1974) [3] is an Iraqi Shia Muslim cleric, politician and militia leader.He inherited the leadership of the Sadrist Movement from his father, [4] and founded the now dissolved Mahdi Army militia in 2003 that resisted the American occupation of Iraq.
Najaf, Iraq: Iraq - 59 Gholam Ali Safai Bushehri غلامعلی صفایی بوشهری 23 June 1959 (age 65) Bushehr, Iran: Iran - 60 Malik Sakhawat Hussain مالک سخاوت حسین 5 November 1959 (age 65) Sandral, Pakistan: United States of America: Official Website: 61 Seyyed Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani
Hamdanid territory in 955 during the rule of Sayf al-Dawla. The Hamdanid dynasty of Banu Taghlib was among the first Twelver Shia dynasties formed in northern Iraq. The Hamdanids first emerged as governors of Mardin in 890 and Mosul in 905, and by 950 had expanded into most of Syria and western Iraq, informally forming a parallel authority to the one in Baghdad.
Pakistani former Shia Muslims (4 P) I. Pakistani Ismailis (1 C, 32 P) R. Rizvi family (4 P) Pages in category "Pakistani Shia Muslims"