Sentence examples for top cleric from inspiring English sources

Leaked video showed a Salafist leader privately assuring followers that the constitution contained "excellent" strictures on freedoms, and that, when Egypt's current, liberal-leaning top cleric was forced into retirement, its provisions for clerical oversight of the laws would come into their own.Mr Morsi ordered a snap referendum to approve the draft.

The official site of a third top cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali-Mohammad Dastgheib, was reported blocked early last month.

Another top cleric called on the prime minister to purge the civil service of Bahais — a bane of Shia clergy.

The paper quoted the top cleric in Ajabshir as saying the protests broke out over demands for a better telephone service.

Saudi Arabia's top cleric promised measures to prevent more tragedy at the annual Muslim pilgrimage, a day after a stampede that left 251 people dead.

The government-appointed Sheikh of al-Azhar, Egypt's top cleric, branded the blockade a "sin against fellow Muslims".To date, Egypt's government has escaped broad public censure for the restrictions it imposes on the border with Gaza.

On Friday, the world's top Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, appealed to Iraqi forces to show restraint.

The top Muslim cleric in the Palestinian territories has also given his blessing to exhuming the remains.

Formerly the republic's mufti, the top Muslim cleric, Mr Kadyrov supported Chechen independence in the first war, from 1994 to 1996.

Mohammad Bakir Shaikzada, the top Shia cleric in Kabul, said he could not remember a similar attack.

Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, a powerful Shia militia, and Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Iraq's top Shia cleric, have signalled their support for Mr Abadi too.