Mohammad Ishaq Al-Fayyad

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Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ishaq al-Fayyad (also Fayad, Fayyadh; Arabic: محمد إسحاق الفياض ) (born in 1930) lives in Najaf, Iraq. He is one of only four Grand Ayatollahs in Iraq, considered the most prominent group of Shia jurists in Iraq[1]. Of these Grand Ayatollahs, he is outranked only by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in influence.[2]

Born in Ghazni, Afghanistan, he holds Pakistani citizenship.

Prior to the 2006 Iraqi elections, al-Fayyad made headlines for demanding that Islam be the source of all Iraqi law[3], completely rejecting any separation of religion and state.[4]. However, he has been noted for a "quietist" approach to Iraqi politics, rarely making political statements, in addition to having "outstanding scholarly credentials"[5]. He, along with the other three Grand Ayatollahs of Iraq, has distanced himself from radical cleric and Mahdi Army leader Moqtada al-Sadr[6].

According to an April 2004 MEMRI report, the London Arabic daily Asharq Alawsat cited an Iranian intelligence defector as saying that the Iranian Al-Qods Army had plans to assassinate al-Fayyad[7].

  1. ^ Religious Authority in Iraq and the Election
  2. ^ Kamran Bokhari. The Shiite Schisms. Stratfor. Retrieved on 2007-01-11. Reprinted on Wadinet.de (German activist site)
  3. ^ Islam Online - Iraq Shiites Insist Islam Be Sole Source of Legislation
  4. ^ USA TODAY - Leading Shiite cleric says new Iraq must embrace Islamic law
  5. ^ Worldpress.org - Is Iraq George Bush's Vietnam?
  6. ^ Yahoo! News India - Iraq tense amid Najaf, Fallujah standoffs
  7. ^ MEMRI - Iran's Role in the Recent Uprising in Iraq

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