The Sistani Factor
By: AL-RAHIM, Ahmed H
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ArticlePublisher: Washington, DC : The Johns Hopkins University Press , July 2005Subject(s): Sistani, Ali al-Husayni -- Political and social views | Iraq. Parliament -- Elections, 2005 | Islam and politics -- Iraq | Shiites -- Iraq -- Political activity -- History -- 20th centuryJournal of Democracy 16, 3, p. 50-53Abstract: 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.
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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.
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