Ayatollah Khamenei described the Religious Authority and person of Ayatollah Sistani as being a great blessing for Iraq and stated, “Hashd al-Shabi is another great blessing in...
Read More »Bahraini Scholars Slam Saudi Media’s Insult to Ayatollah Sistani
In a statement, Bahraini clerics condemned the Saudi Arabian media’s insult to leading Iraq Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani....
Read More »The ‘Formal’ Marjaʿ: Shiʿi Clerical Authority and the State in Post-2003 Iraq
This article argues that although Sistani’s authority has not been constitutionalized, it was indirectly and roughly ‘formalized’ through practices and...
Read More »The Book “Iraq and Sistani” Was Published
Recently, the book "Iraq and Sistani" written by Muhammad Jamil al-Miyahi was published by Anki publication with the goal of studying the role of Ayatollah Sistani in...
Read More »A Phenomenological Study of Arbaeen Foot Pilgrimage in Iraq
This study shall investigate foot-pilgrims on the Arbaeen pilgrimage that attracts 20 million people annually, making it the world's largest annual gathering in...
Read More »Undergraduate Paper Writing Competition: $10,000 Top Prize
Muhammad bin Hamad Al Thani Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization announces a student writing competition entitled: Muslim Intellectual Life in...
Read More »Once again, Iraqi and Iranian Blood Mixed together in the Fields
This Friday, January 17, 2020, the political-religious ceremony of the Friday Prayers in Tehran was led by Imam Khamenei - the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution - for the...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Had a Successful Operation
Praises to God, an hour ago, Ayatollah Sistani had a successful operation and was transferred to recovery room or the ICU after...
Read More »In Pictures: Huge Funeral Held for Gen. Soleimani, His companions in Iraq
Iraq held a huge funeral procession on Saturday for Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani and his nine other companions who were martyred in a US drone strike in...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani Condemns Killings, Kidnappings of Protesters
Iraq’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani has strongly condemned lynching of a 16-year-old teenager by a group of protesters in Baghdad’s Al Wathba Square, warning about the consequences of...
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