Ali al-Sistani

A picture of Sistani in 2016

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani (Arabic: علي الحسيني السيستاني; Persian: على حسينى سيستانى‎, born 4 August 1930), commonly known as Ayatollah Sistani, is an Iranian-born Iraqi Shia Marja'. He was born in Mashhad, Iran.

He is seen as the leading spiritual leader of Iraqi Shia Muslims, and one of the most senior scholars in Twelver Shia Islam.

In 2005 and 2014, he was also nominated for Nobel Prize Award.

References

  1. ↑ Nasr, Vali, The Shia Revival, Norton, (2006), p. 171
  2. ↑ Iranian Intellectual urges Iraq's Sistani to respect Kurdistan Referendum
  3. ↑ Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Fast Facts
  4. ↑ Andrew M. Cockburn (16 November 2003). "U.S. Ignores This Ayatollah in Iraq at Its Own Peril". Retrieved 24 February 2017 – via LA Times.
  5. ↑ Watling, Jack. "The Shia Militias of Iraq". The Atlantic. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  6. ↑ A Noble for Sistani
  7. ↑ Iraqi MPs launch move to nominate Ayatollah Sistani for Nobel Peace Prize Archived 14 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine