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To: michael97123 who wrote (96636)	4/28/2003 12:51:18 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) of 281500

As Iraqi Clerics Go Home, Talk of Schism With Shiite Hard-Liners in Iran nytimes.com [ Widely reported news stories? From the usual "reputable" sources like Fox News and WorldNetDaily, I assume? Or whoever else the PNAC people are spewing their line du jour to for reliable regurgitation? For a contrarian take from a suspect source, there was this story from Saturday. I'm sure the NYT has it wrong, though, and your "widely reported news stories" are correct. The NYT just can't get with the PNAC program, so they are by definition wrong. Clip: ] Many people who follow the course of religious affairs here believe that the return of Shiite clerics to Iraq, and the revival of Iraq's historically holy city of Najaf, may pose a serious threat to the rule of the hard-line ayatollahs in Iran. Najaf is expected to become the center of Shiite faith once again when influential clerics return and begin teaching at its seminaries. Some high-ranking Iranian clerics who believe in freer religious studies, such as Ayatollah Javad Tabrizi, have also said that they would go to Najaf when stability returns. Since the Islamic revolution here in 1979, Iran's hard-line religious leadership has defined Shiite Islam for its 120 million followers around the world. But analysts say that Iran's status as the leader of Shiism will be undermined once Najaf develops its own brand of the faith, which is expected to be more moderate than the one Iran favors.

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