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On the specific question of obedience to a supreme leader, according to "Ayatollah Watch", Sistani has said that any pronouncement given by a supreme leader "supersedes all (including those given by other Maraji') unless the pronouncements are proven to be wrong or the pronouncements are proven to be against what is in the Qur'an or in ...
All Twelver Shia Muslims follow the Islamic rulings of a Grand Ayatollah. Under Saddam Hussein , the clerics were oppressed. At present, the most prominent among them is Ali al-Sistani ; who also serves as the head of the Najaf Seminary .
Najaf, Iraq: Najaf, Iraq - 80 Seyyed Nasir Hosseini سید نصیر حسینی: 1967 (age 57–58) Yasuj, Iran: Iran - 81 Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei سید مجتبی حسینی خامنهای 8 September 1969 (age 55) Mashhad, Iran: Iran: Son of current Supreme Leader of Iran (Ali Khamenei) [2] 82 Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi Qumi
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric.
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The Grand Ayatollah Sistani of Najaf in Iraq has given a fatwā declaring the depiction of Muhammad, the prophets and other holy characters, permissible if it is made with the utmost respect. [ 37 ] Circumvention methods
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Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is laying the groundwork for a political comeback two years after a failed and ultimately deadly high-stakes move to form a government without ...