Sistani

As one reader points out, Sistani is one of the most respected Grand Ayatollahs within Shia Islam in the world.

Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20 Part II) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

Sistani is closer in spirit to that era than either the Iranians (where the mullahs have accumulated vast wealth) or the Wahhabists.

Matthew Yglesias » More Lewis 2007

Obviously, Sistani comes from a cultural tradition very similar to our own, with an identical conception of science, a culture which we shall no trouble understanding.

Our $200 billion ayatolla - al-Sistani Steve Sailer 2005

Ayatullah Sistani is one of a few students who had the degree of Ijtihad.

Our $200 billion ayatolla - al-Sistani Steve Sailer 2005

The man who most the greatest force behind the Iraqi elections, Ayatollah Sistani is himself an Iranian citizen and not even able to vote in Iraq.

Shifting Goalposts 2005

His actions may confound the Bush Administration's timetable for Iraq, and they may spark large street protests that could turn violent, but they will demonstrate that Sistani is indeed leading the faithful toward a democratic understanding of Muslim mores.

Ayatollah Democracy 2004

His actions may confound the Bush Administration's timetable for Iraq, and they may spark large street protests that could turn violent, but they will demonstrate that Sistani is indeed leading the faithful toward a democratic understanding of Muslim mores.

Ayatollah Democracy 2004

DIAMOND: Well look Lou, I think one of the things we're going to see, it is always risky to predict is that the United Iraqi Alliance which is sometimes called the Sistani list, although Ayatollah Sistani declared that he wasn't endorsing any list, may wind up not doing well as some people had initially expected.

CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2005 2005

[64] The New York Times chose not to cover a January 9, 2005 United Iraqi Alliance rally in Najaf which featured Mudhar Shawkat and Sheikh Fawaz al-Gerba, two Arab Sunnis campaigning on the so-called Sistani list; correspondent Dexter Filkins visited the rally, but such sectarian cooperation did not fit into the convention narrative.

Writings from the Middle East Forum and Middle East Quarterly. 2009

He was saying thing like "Sistani" and "slaughter" and when he finished I asked him what that was.

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