Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:priest
marja'
gptkbp:awards gptkb:King_Faisal_International_Prize_(declined)
gptkbp:birthDate 1930-08-04
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Ali_Hosseini_al-Sistani
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Mashhad,_Iran
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Iran
gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Twelver_Shia
gptkbp:education gptkb:Hawza_of_Najaf
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Persian
gptkbp:father gptkb:Mohammad_Baqir_al-Sistani
gptkbp:field gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
Quranic exegesis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Iraqi_Shia_community
Iraqi politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Abu_al-Qasim_al-Khoei
gptkb:Muhammad_Baqir_al-Sadr
gptkbp:knownFor Role in post-2003 Iraq
Fatwas on non-violence
Leading Shia authority in Iraq
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Azerbaijani
gptkbp:nationality Iraqi
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Kazem_al-Haeri
gptkb:Mohammad_Ishaq_al-Fayyad
gptkb:Mohammad_Saeed_al-Hakim
gptkb:Bashir_al-Najafi
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
Religious leadership in Iraq
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Resalah_Amaliyah
Islamic legal treatises
Islamic rulings (fatwas)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Najaf,_Iraq
gptkbp:role Advocate for peaceful coexistence
Mediator in Iraqi politics
Supreme religious authority for many Shia Muslims
gptkbp:signature Ali al-Sistani signature.svg
gptkbp:status Living
gptkbp:teacherOf gptkb:Abu_al-Qasim_al-Khoei
gptkb:Muhammad_Hadi_al-Milani
gptkbp:title gptkb:Imam
Grand Ayatollah
gptkbp:website https://www.sistani.org/
gptkbp:שפת_אם gptkb:Persian
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gptkb:Iraqi_Shia_community
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