Grand Ayatollah Archive

Grand Ayatollah Sistani sends food, medicine for 8,000 Sunni families to uproot seeds of sectarianism:   Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Sistani, the highest Shiite religious authority in Iraq, has been trying to extract the seeds of sectarianism that have been planted in Iraq for many years. Having already issued many fatwas (religious decree) aimed
A letter from Grand Ayatollah Sistani turned the tide against Iraq’s leader – by Loveday Morris:   BAGHDAD — The handwritten letter from Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani was personally signed and stamped, and for Iraq’s embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, it spelled the end. “I see the need to speed up the selection of a
UN Scretary General Ban Ki-moon’s meeting with Grand Ayatollaah Al-Sistani:   Assalam Alaikum. Ramadan Kareem. I am extremely honored to have met His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani today for the first time. He is a man of the deepest wisdom and tolerance.  He is an inspiration and a role
Basic structure myth – By Yasser Latif Hamdani: Thank heavens the apex court in our country has shied away from answering the question of basic structure and binding, as it were, the dreams and aspirations of the future generations of this great state of ours to what