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...government's security forces cannot provide the necessary protection, the believers will do it." AYATOLLAH ALI AL-SISTANI, senior Iraqi Shi'ite cleric, after a bomb shattered the golden dome of the revered Askariya Shrine in Samarra, prompting attacks on dozens of Sunni mosques. Al-Sistani later urged his followers not to attack Sunni holy sites in revenge...
...August: Four months after the fall of Saddam Hussein, a car bomb kills leading Shi'ite politician Ayatullah Mohammed Bakir al-Hakim and 90 others near Najaf's Tomb of Ali...
...Islam dates back to a 7th Century split over who would inherit the leadership of Muslims after the passing of the Prophet Muhammad. The Shiites believe that the Prophet had passed the mantle of leadership to his own descendants, first to his cousin and son-in-law, Imam Ali, who in turn passed it to his own son (and the Prophet's beloved grandson) Imam Hussein. They rejected the three Caliphs chosen by consultation among the Prophet's followers after his death - those recognized by the Sunnis, who constitute about three quarters of the world's Muslims today - and instead...
...Supreme Court to decide the permissible means of executing death row inmates by lethal injection. "The Morales case is an encouraging sign," says Tom Goldstein, a Washington, D.C., attorney who has just petitioned the Supreme Court to consider his appeal on behalf of Tennessee death-row client Abu Ali Abdur'Rahman. "The courts for so long have just given this issue the back of their hand, while the states have said, 'Everyone else is giving lethal injections this way so we can do it too,' even though they don't have good reasons for using these drugs...
...Classmate Jennifer Raimondi, who has led the Harvard offensive charge all season, also netted a goal—her tenth of the season. Midway through the second frame, the Crimson showed its smarts by keeping possession of the puck when a penalty was called on Colgate. After senior goaltender Ali Boe left the ice, sophomore Lindsey Weaver put a slapshot on net, and the puck eventually ended up on the stick of Raimondi on the right side. After a quick fake, Raimondi lifted the puck up and over the glove of Raider goalie Brook Wheeler for the second Harvard goal...