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The Sistani Factor

2005; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 16; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/jod.2005.0038

1086-3214

Ahmed H. al-Rahim,

Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

Abstract: 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.