http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ayatollah_Ali_al_SistaniFind stories, videos, and photos about Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:25:00 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ayatollah_Ali_al_Sistani14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/02/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/02/iraq.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuicide attacks outside two Shiite mosques killed at least 20 people in Baghdad on Thursday as worshippers left early morning prayers marking the end of Ramadan, the Interior Ministry said.Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/02/iraq.blasts/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/02/iraq.blasts/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuicide attacks outside two Shiite mosques killed at least 20 people in Baghdad on Thursday as worshippers left early morning prayers to mark the end of Ramadan, the Interior Ministry said.Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/19/al.sistani.hacked/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/19/al.sistani.hacked/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Web site of Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric was hacked on Friday, with the attackers' messages saying they are Sunnis upset over fatwas, or edicts, issued on the site.Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:56:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835610,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835610,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsGunmen seriously wounded a Shiite cleric and an outspoken critic of sectarian militias in an ambush SundaySun, 24 Aug 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/03/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/03/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour U.S. soldiers were killed in Baghdad on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 15 so far this week.Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/29/iraq.main/index.htmlGrand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and other top Shiite religious figures were the apparent targets of a plot by a Muslim messianic cult intent on seizing the Shiite holy city of Najaf, Iraqi officials said.Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/28/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/28/iraq.main/index.htmlA battle between U.S.-backed Iraqi troops and insurgents raged into Monday morning after Iraqi officials said they foiled a plot to attack pilgrims and kill leading clerics in the Shiite Muslim holy city.Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:27:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/21/iraq.politics/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/21/iraq.politics/index.htmlThe powerful Shiite-led political bloc in Iraq's Parliament will meet with the country's lead ayatollah and the anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to promote Shiite unity and persuade al-Sadr followers to rejoin the government, a member of the Alliance said.Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:27:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/21/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/21/iraq.main/index.htmlBetween 18 and 20 people were killed and dozens were wounded Saturday in an attack at an outdoor market in a Mahmoudiya town, Iraqi authorities said.Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/18/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/18/iraq.main/index.htmlHundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes to escape the war and escalating sectarian violence in Iraq, the country's Ministry of Displaced Persons and Immigration announced Wednesday.Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:52:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/03/iraq.rice.straw/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/03/iraq.rice.straw/index.htmlU.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday called for an end to the "political vacuum" in Iraq and for the Iraqis to form a new government.Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/02/iraq.rice.straw/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/02/iraq.rice.straw/index.htmlU.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her counterpart, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, flew to Baghdad on Sunday for a visit aimed at jump-starting the process of forming a national unity government.Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/24/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/24/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi authorities announced another daytime curfew Saturday for Baghdad and its neighboring provinces, just as mortars struck near a shrine sacred to both Sunni and Shiite Muslims.Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:31:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/29/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/29/iraq.main/index.htmlA pickup truck carrying dates and packed with explosives blew up and killed at least 25 people in a market in a small Shiite town north of Baquba on Saturday, an interior ministry official said.Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/05/iraq.main/index.htmlThe U.S. military has launched a new offensive against insurgents and foreign fighters in western Iraq's Anbar province, an area that has been the scene of a string of deadly attacks on American forces this week.Fri, 05 Aug 2005 11:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/01/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/01/iraq.main/index.htmlA suicide car bomb killed a person outside an office of the Iraqi prime minister's political party, and in a separate incident in Baghdad Friday, an aide to Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric was gunned down, police said.Fri, 01 Jul 2005 19:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.violence/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.violence/index.htmlAn official from Iraq's Oil Ministry was gunned down Thursday morning in western Baghdad, police said.Thu, 19 May 2005 06:17:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/19/iraq.main/index.htmlAn aide to Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric was shot to death Thursday in Baghdad, police said, the second of his aides killed this week.Thu, 19 May 2005 06:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/16/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/16/iraq.main/index.htmlIraqi police have found at least 55 corpses in six locations, including those from a dozen men executed Sunday, police said.Mon, 16 May 2005 11:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.main/index.htmlThe newly elected Iraqi National Assembly is scheduled to have its first meeting March 16, political officials have told CNN.Sun, 06 Mar 2005 07:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/26/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/26/iraq.main/index.htmlA major joint operation of U.S. and Iraqi forces continued for a seventh day as troops searched for suspected insurgents Saturday in towns along the Euphrates river in violent Anbar province.Sat, 26 Feb 2005 06:22:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/25/iraq.politics/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/25/iraq.politics/index.htmlOne of the leading contenders for Iraq's prime minister post told reporters on Friday that he had picked up the backing of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the senior Shiite cleric in Iraq.Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/13/iraq.reaction/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/13/iraq.reaction/index.htmlIraq's minority coalitions have a chance to strongly influence formation of the nation's new government, two key members of the U.S. Senate said on Sunday.Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:16:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/12/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/12/iraq.main/index.htmlAs violence continued near the Iraqi capital Saturday, the chairman of the Independent Election Commission of Iraq said results of the January 30 elections will be announced Sunday afternoon.Sat, 12 Feb 2005 07:58:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/11/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/11/iraq.main/index.htmlInsurgents attacked three apparent Shiite Muslim targets in central Iraq on Friday, killing at least 21 people, police said.Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:34:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/05/iraq.main/index.htmlAs Iraqi election officials counted ballots Saturday from the country's recent vote, police found the bodies of eight slain comrades near Baghdad.Sat, 05 Feb 2005 06:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/04/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/04/iraq.main/index.htmlPreliminary results from Iraq's election released Friday show that the predominantly Shiite Muslim south backed the party of Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, over the secular party of interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.Fri, 04 Feb 2005 11:55:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/25/iraq.election.facts/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/25/iraq.election.facts/index.htmlFive days ahead of Iraq's January 30 elections, here are some facts about the balloting and the process itself.Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:47:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/14/iraq/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/14/iraq/index.htmlIraqi police are on the lookout for 28 Abu Ghraib prisoners who escaped while en route to Baghdad for trial.Fri, 14 Jan 2005 08:11:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/13/iraq/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/13/iraq/index.htmlA car bomb was detonated outside a Shia mosque Thursday night, killing four Iraqi police officers and three civilians and wounding 30 others, a U.S. military spokesman said.Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:32:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/10/iraq.elections.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/10/iraq.elections.tm/index.htmlAmericans, who have just endured the endless 2004 presidential campaign in which no detail about the candidates was too picayune to get saturation coverage, would find little that was familiar in the campaigning now under way in Iraq.Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:08:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/15/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/15/iraq.main/index.htmlA bomb killed seven Iraqis and wounded 32 on Wednesday near the Imam Hussein mosque in Karbala, police sources told CNN.Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:51:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/09/iraq.politics/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/09/iraq.politics/index.htmlA coalition fielding 228 candidates and supported by Iraq's top Shiite cleric has been formed to compete in the January 30 national elections.Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:34:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/01/iraq.chalabi/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/01/iraq.chalabi/index.htmlSuspected insurgents fired mortars near the meeting of Iraq's new 100-member National Council and ambushed a convoy of Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi on his way to the session.Wed, 01 Sep 2004 08:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/30/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/30/iraq.main/index.htmlA top aide for Muqtada al-Sadr has said the maverick Shiite cleric "has called for a cease-fire by the Mehdi Army in all provinces of Iraq unless it is in the case of self-defense."Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/27/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/27/iraq.main/index.htmlThe Mehdi Army and Iraqi security forces started exchanging prisoners late Friday, according to an Iraqi police source.Fri, 27 Aug 2004 04:28:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/08/26/markets/stockswatch/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/08/26/markets/stockswatch/index.htmU.S. stock futures were mixed Thursday as oil prices declined and jobless claims rose.Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:33:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/26/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/26/iraq.main/index.htmlShiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has reached an agreement with the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani that grants his freedom from murder charges and secures peace in war-torn Najaf, al-Sistani aides said Thursday.Thu, 26 Aug 2004 05:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/25/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/25/iraq.main/index.htmlGrand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most powerful Shiite Muslim cleric, called on Iraqis Wednesday to march to Najaf to help rescue the holy city, site of nearly three weeks of fighting between insurgents and U.S. and Iraqi troops.Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/21/iraq.main/index.htmlFighting between U.S. forces and fighters loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr continued into the early morning hours Sunday, with explosions heard near the Imam Ali Mosque.Sat, 21 Aug 2004 09:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/09/kurd.reaction/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/09/kurd.reaction/index.htmlThe Iraqi prime minister's office said Wednesday it is committed to Transitional Administrative Law, a document backed by Kurdish leaders and opposed by the country's top Shiite cleric in a dispute that could lead to a governmental crisis.Wed, 09 Jun 2004 12:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.main.tue/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/08/iraq.main.tue/index.htmlDeadly car bombs in two Iraqi cities and other violence Tuesday gave a sense of urgency to the U.N. Security Council's deliberations over a vote on a U.S- and British-backed resolution on Iraq.Tue, 08 Jun 2004 06:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/03/iraq.un/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/03/iraq.un/index.htmlGrand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shiite leader, has given tacit approval to the country's new U.N.-appointed interim government.Thu, 03 Jun 2004 12:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/shiite.leaders/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/06/shiite.leaders/index.htmlHow has Muqtada al-Sadr gotten so much attention? Believed to be about 30 years old, al-Sadr is the son of a grand ayatollah but U.S. officials think his support is relatively small, and concentrated among the young and poor.Tue, 06 Apr 2004 15:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/08/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/08/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlCalling it a new beginning for their country, Iraqi Governing Council members Monday signed an interim constitution, laying the groundwork for future elections, a permanent constitution and eventually a return to self-rule.Mon, 08 Mar 2004 07:41:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/06/arraf/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/06/arraf/index.htmlA highly anticipated signing ceremony for Iraq's interim constitution was halted Friday after Shiite members of the Iraqi Governing Council pulled out over concerns voiced by the top Shiite cleric in Iraq.Sat, 06 Mar 2004 16:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/26/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/26/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlThe most powerful Shiite cleric in Iraq indicated Thursday that he agrees with the United Nations that direct elections for an Iraqi legislature cannot be held by June 30, according to local newspapers and political officials.Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:44:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/06/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/06/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlReports of an assassination attempt on Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, are not true, the cleric's office said Friday.Fri, 06 Feb 2004 10:08:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/30/sprj.nirq.annan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/30/sprj.nirq.annan/index.htmlThe United Nations has said it expects to send election advisers to Baghdad soon despite a warning by U.S. military officials of a rise in violence ahead of Iraqi independence.Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/23/sprj.nirq.elections/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/23/sprj.nirq.elections/index.htmlA leading member of the Iraqi Governing Council called Friday for nationwide direct elections in Iraq, echoing a growing number of voices in the country seeking elections before the United States hands over sovereignty July 1.Fri, 23 Jan 2004 23:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/22/sprj.nirq.elections/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/22/sprj.nirq.elections/index.htmlAn Iraqi Governing Council member said on Thursday that a top Shiite cleric and coalition officials are crafting a solution for selecting an Iraqi transitional legislature and developing a compromise on elections.Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:11:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/19/findlaw.analysis.dorf.elections/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/19/findlaw.analysis.dorf.elections/index.htmlFor most of the Democratic Party presidential hopefuls, Monday's Iowa caucuses offer the first real chance to prove the strength of their respective campaigns. With polls showing a close and volatile race, the event makes good political theater.Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:13:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/15/sprj.nirq.protest/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/15/sprj.nirq.protest/index.htmlThousands of demonstrators marched through the southern town of Basra calling for elections and more international involvement in Iraq, a British military spokesman said.Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:44:00 EST