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| Iraq-Jordan |
| Another radical Iraqi Ayatollah |
| 2004-03-04 |
| Edited for the info on Ayatollah as-Sarkhi (nice name) Many posters were up of the previously unknown Ayatollah Seyid Mahmud al-Hasani as-Sarkhi, as well as papers posted with his verdicts on subjects like the French ban on headscarves. Sheikh Haidar al-Abedi, as-Sarkhi’s representative in Karbala, had immense prayer blisters on his forehead from his turba, a stone placed on the ground and on which the forehead rests when the devout bow in prayer. "We reject the occupation and in the future we will resist like the Palestinians," he said. He explained that the Ayatollah as-Sarkhi was a former student of Muhammad Sadiq Sadr and he now had 25,000 to 30,000 followers in Iraq. As-Sarkhi had declared himself an ayatollah, the highest level of Shi’ite religious leadership, like a Jedi knight, in 2001, and had also announced that he was the wali of the faithful, a position first held in Iran by Khomeini, who applied the "Walayat al-Faqih", or rule by jurisprudence, for the first time. As-Sarkhi believed he was the wali for the entire world, above Iran’s current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Al-Abedi explained that his leader had boycotted Friday sermons and remained at home since the American occupation. He showed the door and walls at the entrance to the office. They were riddled with bullets from an American and Polish attack that he claimed killed six of his students and guards. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #10 Wali, and his spokesman, the Beav. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-3-4 1:40:03 PM |
| #9 Is is "As-Sarkhi" or "Sharkey" (a la Saruman)? |
| Posted by: Jackal 2004-3-4 12:49:26 PM |
| #8 an ayatollah, the highest level of Shi’ite religious leadership, like a Jedi knight "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, Seyid." |
| Posted by: Han Solo 2004-3-4 11:39:30 AM |
| #7 someone need tell him there no jedi knight in this galaxy. that light years away and his sword not a light saber. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-3-4 11:06:12 AM |
| #6 the guy's jumping himself over al-sadr. Are we smart enough to behind a guy like this, who might divide the Shiite fringe? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2004-3-4 10:49:06 AM |
| #5 time to seal up that home with el-supremo inside? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-3-4 9:24:23 AM |
| #4 Fucking idiot. We already TOLD them we're going to leave (save for a few bases, and a couple of advisors...). |
| Posted by: Hyper 2004-3-4 9:00:53 AM |
| #3 As-Sarkhi believed he was the wali for the entire world, above Iran’s current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei And for that, he must die. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-3-4 8:48:31 AM |
| #2 what a nut. |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-4 7:59:40 AM |
| #1 Ayatollah Wali of the Faithful Wali of the Entire World Seyid Mahmud al-Hasani as-Sarkhi is a turd. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-3-4 4:02:49 AM |