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Also Known As Ayatollah Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusayn Faḍlallāh
Born 1935 • Najaf • Iraq
Died July 4, 2010 (aged 75) • Beirut • Lebanon
Ali al-Sistani
Ali al-Sistani
Iranian-born Shiʿi cleric
Mojtaba Khamenei
Mojtaba Khamenei
rahbar of Iran
Hossein Ali Montazeri
Hossein Ali Montazeri
Iranian cleric
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Abolqasem al-Khoei
Iranian cleric
Ebrahim Raisi
Ebrahim Raisi
president of Iran
Moqtada al-Sadr, wearing a black turban and robe, stands between two men in traditional clerical attire in Najaf, Iraq, 2012.
Muqtada al-Sadr
Iraqi Shiʿi leader and cleric
Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri al-Maliki
prime minister of Iraq
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al-Ḥillī
Muslim theologian
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ʿAbbās al-Mūsawī
Lebanese cleric and militant
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Mohammad Kazem Shariat-Madari
Iranian cleric
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Mohammad Hosayn Beheshti
Iranian cleric
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ʿAbd al-Aʿlā al-Mūsawī al-Sabzevārī
Iranian cleric
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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Jordanian-born terrorist
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René Moawad
Lebanese politician
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Amin Gemayel
president of Lebanon
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Bashir Gemayel
Lebanese politician
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Pierre Gemayel
Lebanese politician
Ali Khamenei
Ali Khamenei
rahbar of Iran
Lebanese singer Fairuz stands on stage in front of a microphone, wearing an ornate light blue and gold dress, with dramatic lighting highlighting her face.
Fairuz
Lebanese singer and actress
Hassan Nasrallah
Hassan Nasrallah
Lebanese militia and political leader