Ali al-Sistani
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Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani is an Islamic scholar and the dean of the Hawza in Najaf, Iraq. A Grand Ayatollah, Sistani is considered one of the leading religious leaders of Twelver Shia Muslims. After t
Sistani in 2009
Ali al-Sistani and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei
A protest against Al Jazeera in 2007
Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari
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Abd al-A'la al-Musawi al-Sabziwari December 21, 1910 – August 16, 1993 was an Iranian-Iraqi Shia marja'. He is regarded as one of the most influential grand religious authorities and he was a contempo
Ali al-Sistani
…Najaf under Grand Ayatollah Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei. Sistani rose to the rank of mujtahid in 1960 at thirty-one. When Ayatollah al-Khoei died in 1992, Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari briefly became the leading marja'. However, when he died in 1993, Sistani ascended to the rank of Grand Ayatollah through formal peer recognition of…
Sabziwari in 1993