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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (46870)8/30/2004 6:38:23 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
IRAQ
Najaf 1 - Qom 0
Schism within contemporary Shi'ism
Iqbal Latif

The lingering conflict in Iraq, more than a year after the end of the year, demonstrates the subtle dynamics of Iraqi Shi'ism and the extent to which it affects power brokering in the Iraqi state. By handing over the keys to the Imam Ali mosque, Iraq's holiest Shi'ite shrine, Sadr was transferring the ideological legitimacy to the authentic victor of the Najaf uprising, Grand Ayatollah Sistani.

iranian.com