Talk:Ali al-Sistani/Archive 1

message: I'd like to suggest that you add a seciton on the differences between him and the Ayatollah(s) of Iran. From what I understand, which isnt much, he is of a different school of thought that is conservative but has allowed followers in the secular western world a degree of latitude in certain respects of personal life which followers in eastern nations including Africa and South Asia do not enjoy. He more conservative when it come to subjects such as the permissibility of music and singing than the clerics in Iran.
I note that the Grand Ayatollah's Family name can be spelt Seestani and Sistani. Just like Habib and Habeeb.
The 'i' is a long vowel.
:Differences in religion are nothing to do with the country the cleric is from Kadhumia flo 08:20, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sistani v Iran

message: I have removed the "his eminance" prefix to the article opening sentence. I don't think it's Wikipedia policy to have these included - we don't put "her royal highness" before Princess Diana, "her majesty" before the article on Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom. I have no objection to it being added again but on as long as it remains consistent with other prestigious international figures. Comments welcomed. --Rebroad 19:46, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  His Eminance 

message: On the messages section of Ayatollah Sistani's English-language web site , it looks like no new messages have been added since October 2004. Has he not been issuing messages, or are his messages just not being translated into English? --Metropolitan90 04:09, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  No messages from Sistani? 

message: I've heard a rumor on the internet(s) that Sistani has been killed and that a headline was briefly displayed by CNN or CNN International that he had been killed during the fighting taking place in Najaf.  Be wary of possible reports or vandalism.  129.71.73.248 01:11, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Dead?

message: "his military activities have undermined the peaceful teachings of Sistani"
I've got to take issue with the word peaceful here. I'm pulling this from the "Gay rights in Iraq" article.
This is partly due to a fatwa issued in October, 2005 by Iranian-born Iraqi Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, published on the Arabic portion of his homepage, stating that homosexuality and lesbianism are both "forbidden" and that they should be "Punished, in fact, killed. The people involved should be killed in the worst, most severe way of killing.”
Instructing that people should be killed in the "worst, most severe way" is not peaceful. I'll request that something be written in this article connecting it to the Gay rights in Iraq article. Perhaps a more comprehensive and detailed section on his views--social, political, and religious--could clear this up and keep this page's viewpoint less nebulously aligned. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.227.194.45 (talk) 05:45, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peaceful? 

message: In the subsections: 
1.5 Al-Jazeera's insults against Sistani 
1.5.1 Hacking Grand Ayatollah Sistani's website 
the content of the article seems to be excessively pro Sistani and is very negative towards any percieved attacks or insults against him.
I propose the section 1.5 should be retitled Al-Jazeera reporting on Sistani and the wording changed to factually summarise the content of the reporting and avoid making any characterisations about it's nature. 1.5.1 also needs some review too. --I (talk) 12:58, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV wording in article 

message: Article mentions he succeeded Khooei...we should work out a proper succession chart for whatever the office is. PhatJew 20:06, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Before an ayatollah dies, the people whom he is followed by, need to look to someone else for modern issues after the cleric dies - and in this case, Khoei made Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani his "successor" Kadhumia flo 08:18, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: He is chancellor of Najaf Hawza and in that respect he succeeds Al-Khoei.--Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haidertcs 09:22, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Succession