The Sistani Factor
- Washington, DC : The Johns Hopkins University Press , July 2005
For the Shi'ite majority and its senior religious leader, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani, the January elections played out against the background of a longing for justice that has deep spiritual and historical sources as well as more recent sociopolitical roots.
Sistani, Ali al-Husayni -- Political and social views. Iraq. Parliament -- Elections, 2005. Islam and politics -- Iraq. Shiites -- Iraq -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century