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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3 December
A Study of Iraqi Immigrants: Has The Shi‘a-Sunni Conflict Been Transferred to Ottawa, Canada?
This research project examined the dynamics between the Shi‘a and Sunni branches of Islam amongst Iraqi immigrants in Canada...
November, 2019
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30 November
Article: The Shi’i Clergy and Perceived Opportunity Structures
With the re-emergence of activism on the part of Shi’i mujtahids and its impact on the ascent of Shi’i community in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon, scholars have defined a distinct strategic difference between what they characterise as...
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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...
October, 2019
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13 October
A Guide for Walking to Imam Hussain (as)
Millions of people are heading towards Karbala to visit Imam Hussain (as) by walk! Read on to know how you can also take this journey of a lifetime from Najaf to Karbala...
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8 October
Ayatollah Sistani’s Office Answers to BBC on Some Inappropriate Practices
The office of his eminence Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani received on the 25th of September 2019 several questions from the BBC Special Correspondent Nawal al-Maghafi....
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4 October
Ayatollah Sistani Urges Government to Heed the Demands of the Protesters
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani, the top Shia cleric of Iraq, has urged security forces and protesters to avoid violence, expressing sorrow over some sporadic unrest that has led to....
August, 2019
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24 August
Ayatollah Haeri Issues Fatwa Forbidding US Troops in Iraq
Ayatollah Kazem Husseini Haeri, a prominent Twelver Shi’a Marja in Iraq, has called for resisting the presence of US forces in Iraq in wake of Israel’s indirect acknowledgment that it had carried out...
