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Muhammad Ali al-Hakim
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Muhammad-Ali al-Hakim (1911–2011) was an Iraqi high-ranking Shiite scholar. Ayatollah Muhammad al-Hakim was the father of the Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Saeed Al-Hakim .
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high-ranking shiite ayatollah
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iraqi high-ranking shiite scholar
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