Highest clerical rank in Usuli Twelver Shia Islam.
1 The Jamkaran extravaganza has enraged the grand ayatollah .
2 Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani, the supreme Shiite religious authority, sat at the center.
3 Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's gaunt, humorless face adorned every UIA election placard.
4 The Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took power, and Iran's party scene became non-existent.
5 Grand Ayatollah Sistani said that key positions should be agreed before the new parliament meets.
6 The hawza is headed by 4 grand ayatollahs who are enormously important in Iraqi society.
7 The posters carry a picture of the nation's most revered Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
8 Mentions the paramount cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
9 Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most powerful cleric in Iraq, has also expressed solidarity with the demonstrators.
10 Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most influential cleric in Iraq, has also expressed solidarity with the demonstrators.
11 Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said it was Iraqis who stood to suffer most from the US-Iranian conflict.
12 Millions look to guidance from the clergy but Najafi's influence is the least of the grand ayatollahs .
13 He is the son of the revered Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, killed for defying Saddam Hussein.
14 Mohammad Hassan Saeedi from the office of Grand Ayatollah Yousef Sane'i said: Fortune-telling is not considered valid by Islam.
15 On Friday, Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani urged authorities to be ready to stem any outbreak.
16 But after the death of Grand Ayatollah Ali Montazeri in late December, protests seem to have gained new momentum.
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