What is going on in Iraq and what is the ultimate solution? While different analysts propose different solutions to the turmoil in Iraq, what is the best solution? Sayyid Hashim al-Haidari explains it for...
December, 2019
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6 December
Ayatollah Sistani Calls on Iraqi Protestor to Counter Violent Rioters
Iraq's top cleric has said that violence and chaos will only hinder true reforms as demanded by ongoing anti-corruption and economic protesters in Iraq, calling on demonstrators to...
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1 December
Al-Sayyid ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Sīstānī on Uṣūl al-fiqh in Twelver Shīʿī Thought
What follows is a translation of the first, and part of the second, introductory discussions in the transcribed notes of al-Sayyid ʿAlī al-Ḥusaynī al-Sīstānī’s (b. 1930) advanced lectures on...
November, 2019
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29 November
Ayatollah Sistani Warns of Enemy Plot Seeking to Create Civil Strife
Iraq's top cleric has warned that enemies of Iraq and affiliated groups in the country are plotting to create internal strife and bring the country back to the "era of dictatorship", an apparent reference to the...
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15 November
Ayatollah Sistani Urges Lawmakers to Restore Public Faith in Electoral Process
Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani has called on legislators to promptly introduce a fair electoral law that would restore people's faith in elections in the wake of...
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12 November
Ayatollah Sistani Receives Head of UNAMI
The office of the Supreme Religious Authority in Najaf Ashraf issued a statement about his meeting with the special representative of the Secretary-General for...
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8 November
Ayatollah Sistani Warns that Foreign Sides Trying to Exploit Protests
Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani on Friday urged the politicians in Iraq have a chance to implement reforms, but warned against exploiting the protests by foreign and...
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2 November
Ayatollah Sistani Warns of Civil War amid Violent Protests
Iraq’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani has urged the end of bloodshed in the Arab country, warning of a civil war and chaos after dozens of deaths during the recent wave of....
October, 2019
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25 October
Ayatollah Sistani Calls on Police and Protesters to Keep Demonstrations Peaceful
Iraq's top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani has called on protesters and security forces to keep anti-government demonstrations peaceful, amid reports of numerous casualties in...
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11 October
Ayatollah Sistani Urges Baghdad to Investigate Protest Deaths
Iraq’s most prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani has called on the Baghdad government to launch a thorough investigation into the wave of violence during recent protests against corruption, staggering youth unemployment and...
