Wikipedia's first sentence called it “iraqi twelver shi'a marja”. Today it says “prominent iraqi shia marja'”. This article was filed under Iraqi Islamists; Shi'a Islamists. Today it is filed under none of them.
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Mahmoud al-Hasani al-Sarkhi ( Arabic : السيد محمود الحسني الصرخي ; born 1964) is a prominent Iraqi Shia Marja' . He was known for his opposition to US and Iranian interference in Iraq . He has studied in seminaries of Najaf , Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr . The Sarkhi Movement: The Intra-Shiite Rift and Its Political Implications for Iraq | International Institute for Iranian Studies" . The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts [5 volumes]: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mahmoud Hassani Sorkhi (Arabic: السيد محمود الحسني الصرخي) (born 1964) is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja . He has studied in seminaries of Najaf , Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and Ali al-Sistani .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mahmoud Hassani Sorkhi (Arabic: السيد محمود الحسني الصرخي) (born 1964) is an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja . He has studied in seminaries of Najaf , Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and Ali al-Sistani . He is the youngest living man commonly accorded the status of Grand Ayatollah, and is the only one (as of 2010) under the age of fifty.
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Sayyid Mahmoud al-Hasani al-Sarkhi (Arabic:السيد محمود الحسني الصرخي) (born 1964) is an Iraqi Twelver Shia Marja' . He has studied in seminaries of Najaf , Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and Ali al-Sistani .
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Iraqi Marja' (born 1964) Sayyid Mahmoud al-Hasani al-Sarkhi ( ; born 1964) is a prominent Iraqi Shia Marja' .He was known for his opposition to US and Iranian interference in Iraq . He has studied in seminaries of Najaf , Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr . The Sarkhi Movement: The Intra-Shiite Rift and Its Political Implications for Iraq | International Institute for Iranian Studies" .The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts [5 volumes]: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “iraqi twelver shi'a marja”. Today it says “prominent iraqi shia marja'”. This article was filed under Iraqi Islamists; Shi'a Islamists. Today it is filed under none of them. Read the current article and compare.
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iraqi twelver shi'a marja
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prominent iraqi shia marja'
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