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Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 252 - Iraqi Elections – Round Two - 11/15/05

... elections, the alliance will not be so "blessed." Al-Sistani, through his representative, Sheikh Abd al-Hadi al-Karbala'i, has announced ... an agreement among the four Grand Ayatollahs - namely, al-Sistani, Muhammad Sa'id al-Hakim, Bashir al-Najafi, and Muhammed Ishaq al-Fayadth ... to remain, at least publicly, on the sidelines. Al-Sistani Withholding his Support From the Alliance With the ... establishment in Najaf, presided over by Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani. In agreeing to join the Shi'ite alliance, al-Sadr ...

Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli

No. 883 - Ayatollah Sistani's Representative Abd Al-Mahdi Karbalaai in a Friday Sermon in Karbalaa, Iraq: Sistani Calls on Iraqis to Vote "Yes" on Constitution and Amend Problematic Articles Later - 10/14/05

... October 14, 2005 Sheik Karbalaai:His Eminence Ayatollah Ali Al-Husseini Al-Sistani urges all Iraqi citizens to participate en masse in the ...

Special Dispatch No. 1003 - The Global Islamic Media Front: Al-Qaeda in Iraq Has Replaced the Mother Organization in Afghanistan and Is Spreading Jihad Throughout the World - 10/12/05

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Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 243 - The Unholy Alliance – Muqtada Al-Sadr and the Iraqi Sunnis' Opposition to Federalism - 09/27/05

... be supported by Iran. He challenged the control of Ayatollah Al-Sistani over the Shi'ite holy sites in Najaf and Karbala, and ... his Iraqi roots and fame, and Iranian-born Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani 6 who speaks Arabic with an Iranian accent and has refused ... an offer to become an Iraqi citizen. Al-Sistani has remained in the background, although enormously influential, in keeping ...

Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli

Special Dispatch No. 962 - Al-Qaeda in Iraq: The Drafters of the Iraqi Constitution and Those Who Support Them Are Infidels Who Must Be Killed - 08/19/05

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No. 756 - Iranian President Khatami: I Expect No Change in US-Iranian Relations; We Love Hizbullah; Chirac Told Us He He Never Called to Disarm Hizbullah - 07/14/05

... , according to their own circumstances. The positions of the Ayatollah Al-Sistani, Al-Hakim, Al-Ja'fari, and other prove that these rumors are false ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 231 - ‘The Sheikh of the Slaughterers’: Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi and the Al-Qaeda Connection - 06/30/05

... ." 31 In the same message, Al-Zarqawi characterized Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani as "the devil" and the "imam of apostasy and atheism ...

Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 220 - The Birth of the New Government of Iraq: Delayed and Lame - 05/04/05

... close association with the Shi'ite religious establishment, particularly Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. The Kurds may have also been suspicious about the prime ...

Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli

Special Dispatch No. 888 - Iraqi Sunnis Shift Position: 64 Clerics Legitimize Enlistment in New Iraqi Security Forces - 04/08/05

... will necessitate a change in the insurgents' tactics, if not strategy. Al-Sistani Makes a Similar Appeal A few days later, on March 22, a similar ... fatwa was issued by the Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani. In response to a question from an Iraqi citizen concerning whether ... with the agencies responsible for preserving security in the country," Al-Sistani answered: "Yes. It is necessary, provided that religious imperatives are ...

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 213 - The Plight of Iraqi Christians - 03/22/05

... the Elections In a meeting with a Christian delegation, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani denounced the attacks on the churches and called upon Christians ... to participate in the elections to ensure maximum participation. 27 Al-Sistani has also been quoted as saying that he would have ...

Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli

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