Ali al-Sistani Quotes

Iran, Leader
August 4, 1930

Al-Sayyid Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, commonly known as Ayatollah Sistani in the Western world, is an Iranian Shia marja in Iraq and the head of many of the hawzahs (seminaries) in Najaf.

Mr. Bremer, you are an American and I am an Iranian. I suggest we leave it up to the Iraqis to devise their constitution.

Ali al-Sistani
Sistani's office refuses the replacement of the law which excludes former Baath Party members from returning to public life because it is not an Iraqi demand but it is a political demand to please some sides.

Ali al-Sistani
- Law
- Demand
- Replacement

People are not finding potable water and you're bringing me juice? No.

Ali al-Sistani
- People
- Water
- Juice
It is not permissible for a Muslim to buy products of the countries that are in a state of war with Islam and Muslims, for example, Israel.

Ali al-Sistani
- War
- Products
- Buy
Gays and lesbians should be Punished, in fact, killed. The people involved should be killed in the worst, most severe way of killing.

Ali al-Sistani
- Killing
- Gays
he council that will write the constitution should be elected, not hand-picked ... The constitution will be illegal if it is written by a council, whether that is chosen by the Americans or by what is called the Governing Council or by anyone else.

Ali al-Sistani