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Unapologetic Shiite cleric blasts corruption in Iraq and Lebanon, and attempts to silence him
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoA Lebanese Shiite cleric who has angered politicians and religious leaders in Lebanon and Iraq said...
Iraqi Shiite Cleric Urges More to Join Parliament Takeover
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- The influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr called on his supporters,...
Clashes erupt after Iraqi Shiite cleric resigns, 15 dead
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn influential Shiite cleric announced Monday that he would resign from Iraqi politics, prompting...
Will Iraq be the next Afghanistan?
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoViolent clashes between rival factions within Iraq's majority Shiite Muslim community left 23 people dead and hundreds more wounded this week. The mayhem...
Populist Iraqi cleric announces suspension of his movement
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoInfluential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Friday that he...
Iraqi protesters breach parliament building in Baghdad
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA protester displays a poster depicting Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr on a bridge leading toward the...
Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad after man threatens to burn Quran in Stockholm
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoProtesters angered by an Iraqi man in Sweden who threatened to burn a copy of the Quran stormed the...
Iraq Shiite cleric's supporters demand assembly be dissolved
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHundreds of supporters of an influential Shiite cleric in Iraq rallied on Tuesday in Baghdad’s...
Rival Iraq protests underscore inter-Shiite power struggle
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSupporters of Iran-backed Shiite groups rallied in Baghdad on Friday to denounce their rivals,...
Protesters briefly storm the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad in protest over Quran burning
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHundreds of followers of the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada Sadr...