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    The 84-year-old Islamic cleric shaking up Iraq’s political world

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    The 84-year-old Islamic cleric shaking up Iraq’s political world Empty The 84-year-old Islamic cleric shaking up Iraq’s political world

    Post by Rocky Fri 15 Aug 2014, 7:16 am

    The 84-year-old Islamic cleric shaking up Iraq’s political world


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    When it comes time for history to be written, one of the most important turning points in Iraq's current crisis may not have been created by guns or bombs. It may have been spurred by a handwritten letter.

    The Post's Loveday Morris reports that a message from Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani was key in convincing Iraq's political elite that embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki needed to go. The letter from Sistani, sent to leaders of Maliki’s Dawa party July 9, spoke of the "need to speed up the selection of a new prime minister who has wide national acceptance." Not long after the letter was received, Haider al-Abadi, a deputy speaker for Iraq's parliament and also a member of Dawa, was called upon to lead the country. On Thursday, Malliki finally admitted defeat.

    It's a bold move. While few people had doubts about Sistani's theological power, he has rarely acted so directly to influence politics. The 84-year-old Islamic cleric, infrequently seen in public and generally circumspect when making announcements, is a member of the "quietest" Shiite tradition that is suspicious of religion and politics mixing. However, Iraq's crisis may now be so bad that Sistani is taking action – and we may just be seeing the start of it.

    Born to a family of religious scholars in Mashhad, Iran, Sistani only moved to his current home, the Iraqi holy city of Najaf, later in life. He was prodigious in his scholarship of the Muslim faith, and soon an important religious leader. In 1992, his religious authority was recognized when, after the death of Grand Ayatollah Imam Abul Qassim al-Khoei, he was selected to lead the most important hawza in Najaf, arguably the most important city in Shiaism.

    During Hussein's dictatorship, Shiite Muslims faced suppression by the ruling Ba'ath Party, and both Sunni and Shiite clerics were forced to either keep quiet, flee the country or face serious persecution and even death. Sistani kept a low profile. After the the 2003 invasion of Iraq, however, Sistani gradually took a far more prominent role in leading Iraq's Shiite majority, surprising many outside observers.

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