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In his new book, God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,  Sajad Jiyad draws on original sources and hundreds of interviews during decades of fieldwork inside Iraq to show how Sistani, as the revered senior Shia cleric in a Shia-majority country, commands the loyalty of millions of faithful....

The head of the UN mission in Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert on Wednesday met Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Al-Sistani, Iraq’s most senior Shiite cleric, in the southern city of Najaf....

The marjaʻīyat have played an important role in the political life of Shīʻī Iran. They strongly resisted foreign economic and political influences. They collaborated with Iranian liberal forces to serve the case of...

Once ayatollah Khoei gave Sayyid Ahmad Fahri an ‘aba (cloak) so that he can give it to Imam Khomeini as a gift. When Sayyid Fahri presented the ‘aba to Imam Khomeini, Imam said: I am very glad that you have continued to preserve a...

This article explores the transnational contest over sacred authority in contemporary Shi’i Islam as it plays out between contemporary maraji’ (sources of emulation) and the...

This article argues that although Sistani’s authority has not been constitutionalized, it was indirectly and roughly ‘formalized’ through practices and...

There was a time when the British ambassador asked to meet Ayatollah Sayyid Abul-Hassan Isfahani, but he did not accept and after insisting much, he...

This paper examines the phenomenon of marjaʿiyya, considers how one becomes a marjaʿ, and traces the rise of Sīstānī to the pre-eminent position that he now holds and juxtaposes his model of leadership with other modern Shiʿi models of...

According to Ijtihad Network, Fuqaha and Revolution of Iran is one of new books, published by Kavir publication, that illustrates the confronting the great Fuqaha with Islamic revolution of...

Chairman of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi, passed away at 70. The health condition of Ayatollah Shahroudi had turned worse on Sunday, and he was in the...