Ayatollah Sistani on the Mahdi Army: “the law is the only authority in the country” - The Long War Journal

Ayatollah Sistani on the Mahdi Army: “the law is the only authority in the country” - The Long War Journal: "With the Iraqi government applying pressure to the Sadrist movement and Muqtada al Sadr to disband the Mahdi Army, Iraq’s senior Shia cleric has weighed in on the issue. Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the most revered Shia cleric in Iraq, backed the government’s position that the Mahdi Army should surrender its weapons and said he never consulted with Sadr on disbanding the Mahdi Army. Instead, the decision to disband the Mahdi Army is Sadr’s to make."