An Iraqi woman living in Iran holds a poster of the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shiite cleric Photo: AP
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, (click here) one of Shia Islam's leading voices, has called for creation of new government that 'avoids past mistakes' in comments seen as a devastating blow to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
June 20, 2014
By Hannah Strange
20.47 We're going to leave it there for the night. Please check our Iraq page for the latest.
20.45 Iran's deputy foreign minister says that Obama's cautious response to the situation in Iraq is evidence that the US isn't serious about fighting terrorism, according to the Iranian state news agency .
Hossein Amir Abdollahian said: "Obama’s recent remarks showed that the White House lacks serious will for confronting terrorism in Iraq and the region."...
The West rejects the leadership of the Muslim faith globally. They do not welcome it and ask for cooperation, both in policy and eradicating extremism.
These leaders are the reason why the Islamic State are nothing but holligans. They have no cleric that leads them, they don't recognize the great leaders of their time, they simply convert the Quran into a governing directive.
Any religion has leadership beyond the holy texts. I can't think of one that doesn't. It is vitally important religions have such leadership to be sure their flock is in step with modern times.
If every human being practiced the religion without any leadership they would be living as people did 2000 years ago. The reason current leadership to any faith is important is because people need professions that were not spelled out in any holy text or they need direction on educating their children to today's standards. This is ridiculous.
The Grand Ayatollah al Sistani is considered the peace ayatollah because he MINISTERS his view and where the holy text applies. Iran has a Supreme Leader who is the leader of the faith as well as the government. He guides the elected President to what he understands as the best outcome of the people. The Saudi Arabia King Abdullah over sees two holy mosques. These people are important, but, except for the Jordan and Saudi Arabia kings the USA has little to do with them.
President Obama speaks of disarming the young Muslims from violence and extremism. Fine. President Obama speaks English and he speaks these words at the United Nations. Did the Grand Ayatollah hear that speech? Did the clerics throughout the Muslim world hear that speech?
President Obama is leading in the best direction for the people of the Muslim faith to keep in step with modern times and the idea of peace, but, does he know his words and ideas actually translate well to the people they were intended?
