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Ali al-Sistani
Iranian Islamic scholar (born 1930)
ʿAlī Ḥusaynī Sīstānī[1][2][3] (Persian: علی حسینی سیستانی; Arabic: علي الحسيني السيستاني; born 4 August 1930) is an Iranian Islamic scholar and the dean of the Hawza of Najaf in Iraq.[4][5][6][7] A Grand Ayatollah and marja, Sistani is considered one of the leading religious leaders of TwelverShia Muslims.
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Sistani has been a vocal critic of foreign interference in Iraqi affairs[8][9] and has warned foreign actors against imposing their will on the Iraqi people.[10][11]
Born in Mashhad, Iran (with the father as Dulan) to a Sayyid family, Sistani studied in Qom under Hossein Borujerdi and later in Najaf under Abu al-Qasim Khu'i.
An Usuli, Sistani rose to the rank of mujtahid in 1960 and succeeded Abd al-A'la Sabziwari as Grand Ayatollah. Sistani was included in top positions of The Muslim 500: The World's Most Infl