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Tag Archives: sistani
Linking topics: Iraq’s arrests and Federalism, US media false story and why Libya created its own Sistani?
If the autonomous decision made by the Salah-Al-Din Province right or wrong constitutionally, the big surprise which shocked Maliki and his government is the huge public turn out to demonstrate for the support of this decision, unexpected even by the … Continue reading
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Hassan, Hussein and those in between
There is a very limited zone for what is defined as sacred in the Islamic thoughts and culture, everything beyond this space is subjected to criticism and in many cases lead to violence. We can see this clearly in the … Continue reading
Iraq’s — “Day of Regret”
While demonstrations continued in the “Day of Regret” with people carry images of their fingers tainted in blood or biting the their “vote finger” — in Mosul — Baghdad [videos], politicians are trying to associate themselves with the demonstrators. Allawi’s … Continue reading
Al-Sadr’s new role against Sistani’s authority
While Senior Shiites Supreme-clerics still live in the old city near the shrine of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib, the media ignored the significance of Muqtada Al-Sadr’s move of changing his father’s office from Al-Hannana neighborhood in the old-city to … Continue reading
Obama’s letter, and the Supreme-clerics response
The failure of the U.S. delegation Sources revealed that a new U.S. delegation is preparing to visit Baghdad within a few days, to accelerate the formation of new Iraqi government. This visit comes after the failure of the previous U.S. … Continue reading
It is time for the supreme clerics to intervene
With less than 24 hours since INA released an official statement announced the freeze of all negotiations with the “State of Law” coalition (interesting is that the announcement is read by Ahmed Al-Chalabi, to deny the speculations that Chalabi stand … Continue reading
Grand Ayatollah Fadlallah, the black sheep of the Hawza … Why it is important to watch Maliki’s reaction?
With the death Hizballh’s and Maliki’s Dawa Party spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah died today, it is very interesting to watch the position of the Iraqi Hawza, especially Sistani. Since Maliki wants to change the Islamic face … Continue reading
New alliances and a new political scene is emerging
No doubt that Maliki’s chances for a second term are in decline if not close to zero, take for example today’s report on Al-Hayat: Washington invited Barzani, Abdul Mahdi and Hashimi for talks with Obama and Biden (all the three … Continue reading
Dawa Party: Time to replace Maliki with another candidate
Interesting speech made by Maliki yesterday saying that the Parliament should be elected, and led by one or two political bloc. This call is directly rejected by many political parties (among them Al-Bolani current Interior Minister), refused to implement the … Continue reading
Maliki — Sistani –Hakim and the return to the sectarian quotas
This is not the first time, the Saudis insult Sistani, but this time the condemnations involved the Iraqi government, including Maliki himself, who attacked the Saudi religious institutions (and today even Talabani put himself in this religious row, sending a … Continue reading