Surf Arab States » hezbollah http://surf-as.org news and developments in the arab states, in bite-sized weekly summaries Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:30:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Arab States Weekly Review 3rd – 9th July 2010 http://surf-as.org/2010/07/arab-states-weekly-review-3rd-9th-july-2010/ http://surf-as.org/2010/07/arab-states-weekly-review-3rd-9th-july-2010/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:03:12 +0000 admin http://surf-as.org/?p=115 Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Fadlallah died aged 74 in Beirut, Lebanon. Fadlallah, a prominent Lebanese twelver Shia marja, was a spiritual mentor to Hezbollah and to Iraq’s ruling Dawa party. In his later years he urged tolerance among the region’s many sects.

At least 45 Iraqi Shia pilgrims were killed during a series of bombings in Baghdad. Most of them were on their way to a shrine.

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