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Iraq’s top Shiite cleric says Pope Francis sought peace
21 Apr 2025 16:25 GMT
Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Shiite Islam’s highest authority in Iraq, offered his condolences on Monday for the death of Pope Francis, praising his work promoting “peace and tolerance”.
Sistani, 94, who met the late pontiff in 2021 in the first-ever papal …
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World News | Iraq Arrests Former Security Official over Execution of Shiite Cleric Who Opposed Saddam Hussein
31 Jan 2025 20:27 GMT
… 1980 execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and his sister during Saddam … -Sadr was a leading Iraqi Shiite cleric and political critic who opposed …
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Iraq arrests former security official over execution of Shiite cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein
31 Jan 2025 19:19 GMT
… 1980 execution of a prominent Shiite cleric and his sister during Saddam … -Sadr was a leading Iraqi Shiite cleric and political critic who opposed …
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Top Shiite cleric tells Aoun 'weapons not sacred'
14 Jan 2025 23:19 GMT
by Naharnet Newsdesk 14 January 2025, 17:15
Higher Islamic Shiite Council leader Sheikh Ali al-Khatib on Tuesday called for “consolidating national unity and building the state upon citizenship and equality among citizens,” during a meeting in Baabda with …
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Top Lebanon Shiite cleric urges against celebratory gun fire to mark the new year
01 Jan 2025 02:56 GMT
Sayyed Ali Fadlallah, a prominent Shiite cleric issued a statement in which …
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UN representative meets Iraq’s top Shiite cleric al-Sistani
12 Dec 2024 09:53 GMT
… ; On Thursday, Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali
al-Sistani …
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‘Pope Francis was the rare leader who made us want to be better people’—Barack Obama
29 Apr 2025 19:56 GMT
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Meets with Iraq’s leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani …
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Shadow ballot: Iraq's November geopolitical chess game
29 Apr 2025 09:49 GMT
… have also been actively encouraging Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and Prime …
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Iraqis lash out as Israeli outlet hints at top Shiite cleric as possible target
15 Oct 2024 04:40 GMT
The story: An outlet close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has published a potential hit list of individuals that Tel Aviv may target over Iran’s Oct. 1 missile attack.
Along with prominent figures from the ‘Axis of Resistance’, the list …
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Iraq's top Shiite cleric calls for end to Israeli 'aggression' on Lebanon
23 Sep 2024 11:08 GMT