Shi'ite Grand Ayatollah al-Hakeem dies in Iraq

  • 9/3/2021
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DUBAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad al-Hakeem, one of Iraq"s most senior Shi"ite clerics, died on Friday from a heart attack in the holy city of Najaf, Iraqi state news agency INA reported. Al-Hakeem, born in 1934, is one of four Grand Ayatollahs who teach at the Hawza, the religious seminary of Najaf, alongside Iraq"s top Shi"ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

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