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