Iraq's most influential Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, is urging his followers to take up arms to protect Iraq from Sunni militants. Special Reports // 1 decade ago.

When Moqtada al-Sadr, the young radical Shiite leader, laid siege to the Imam Ali shrine and fought U.S. Marines to a standstill in Najaf in the summer and fall of 2004, Sistani put an end to the ...

Sistani, the top Shia cleric in Iraq, expressed his condolences on the deaths of scores of people in a mall fire in the city ...

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1930 Birth place: Mashhad ...

Here’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric.. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1930 Birth place: Mashhad, Iran Birth name: Sayyid Ali ...

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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1930 Birth place: Mashhad ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. He is a member of a well-known family of religious scholars and began studying at ...

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1930 Birth place: Mashhad ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. He is a member of a well-known family of religious scholars and began studying at ...