All Posts Tagged With: "Fatwa"
Iraqi Ayatollah Issues Fatwa Against Al-Sadr’s Militia
By Ned Parker, Raheem Salman and Saad Fakhrildeen
Every year, millions of pilgrims come to Najaf to pray at the Imam Ali Mosque, the tomb of the prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law. It was over the question of Ali’s succession that the Shiite sect emerged. Believers from across Iraq bury their dead in Najaf’s cemetery, named the Valley [...]
