The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Kirkuk, Iraq - Gunmen fatally shot a confidant of firebrand Shiite cleric and political leader Moqtada al-Sadr outside the man's house in northern Iraq. The representative in Kirkuk of al-Sadr's political movement was gunned down by unknown perpetrat...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
A delay in the January parliamentary election could lead to chaos, a top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader warned Friday, as lawmakers remained deadlocked over legislation that would regulate the crucial national vote.
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
A Kano-based Shiite cleric, Malam Muhammad Mahmud Turi, has called on the Muslims Ummah to unite against the Jewish conspiracy in the wake of the plot to destabilize Islam.2009/10/12
Babylon & Beyond (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Today, Shiite cleric Sheik Jalaluddin Saghir, a senior member of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, or SIIC, gave a telling glimpse of his political party’s internal thinking, with national elections on the horizon. SIIC, has had a rough year. In...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... the remainders of Caribbean Hurri...Kirkuk, Iraq - Gunmen fatally shot a confidant of firebrand Shiite cleric and political leader Moqtada al-Sadr outside the man's house in northern Iraq. The representative in Kirkuk of al-Sadr's political movement was gunned down by unknown perpetrat...Hamburg - A new nasal spray boosts short-term memory while you sleep, according to a team of German...
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Iranian opposition movement makes a grand gesture: On the occasion of the anniversary of the occupation of the US embassy in Tehran, moderate cleric, Ayatollah Hoseinali Montazeri, revisited the event which he had approved of at the time, and...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The credibility of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and his colleagues has grown in the past two years, both for what he said and for the timing of his statements - in particular his repeated admonitions to firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to lay down his arms. Al-Sadr, who's been studying theology in Iran, ignored the advice until Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki cracked down...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... a son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad; a new airport; and construction sites everywhere.Najaf is to Shiites what Vatican City is to Roman Catholics, but some of Shiite Islam's highest spiritual figures operate here out of public view, issuing occasional utterances on issues they consider central to Iraqi society.The credibility of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and his colleagues...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... nuclear work, but a sea change in policy seems unlikely while Khamenei holds power.The 70-year-old cleric, who decides matters of state, does not trust America, once described by his late mentor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, as a wolf to Iran's lamb."For Khomeini, enmity toward the US was a pillar of the revolution and it became central to the identity of the Islamic Republic," said Karim...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
... nuclear work, but a sea change in policy seems unlikely while Khamenei holds power.The 70-year-old cleric, who decides matters of state, does not trust America, once described by his late mentor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, as a wolf to Iran's lamb."For Khomeini, enmity toward the US was a pillar of the revolution and it became central to the identity of the Islamic Republic," said Karim...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Senior Shiite cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah on Sunday urged all Arab Muslim and non-Muslim parties to fight against Israel,2009/10/19
Foreign Policy (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The Shiite IRGC doesn't make an especially sympathetic victim -- it has quashed dissent in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and is now helping spearhead an there. The group taking credit for the attack, Jundallah (God's Soldiers), also known as the People's Resistance Movement of Iran, is a Sunni organization. It seeks specifically and Sunni Muslims generally either within a majority Shiite...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
An Iraqi woman casts her ballot in Sadr City. Large crowds of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr voted to select candidates to run in Iraq's election in January -- in the first such vote since the fall of Saddam Hussein. A young girl watches a man dip his finger in indelible ink before he casts a ballot in Sadr City. Iraq's Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
... gridlocked over how to run national elections slated for January. On Friday, supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr voted directly for candidates in a primary poll ahead of national elections, calling it a milestone in the democratic process. The vote is believed by Iraqi officials to be the first time that choosing candidates for any party outside Iraqi Kurdistan has...
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
An Iraqi woman casts her ballot in Sadr City. Large crowds of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr voted to select candidates to run in Iraq's election in January -- in the first such vote since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
