Iraqi populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr has sparked controversy in the country after alleging that the holy Quran was altered following the Prophet Mohammed’s death.In his series, Lectures on ...

With the death of other leading ayatollahs in Iraq including Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Ali al-Sistani emerged as the preeminent Shia cleric in Iraq. As the leading Ayatollah ...

The resulting report, Ali Hasan Al-Majid and the Basra Massacre of 1999, provides evidence that one Iraqi official responsible for the gross human rights violations in that campaign is Ali Hasan ...

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