Iraqi protesters converged in the capital Baghdad to condemn Saudi daily Asharq al-Awsat newspaper over an offensive cartoon depicting Iraq’s most prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani. The demonstrators staged the protest outside the gates of the heavily-fortified Green Zone, which is home to several embassies and government ...
Head of the Higher Shiite Islamic Council, Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan, denounced the offensive cartoon published by the Saudi newspaper, Asharq al-Awsa, to depict the Iraqi top cleric Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Sistani. Sheikh Qabalan stressed that the abusive cartoon contradicts with the freedom of speech, objectivity, and truth, emphasizing that ...
