Death:
Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah
The Founder of Hizbollah
Beirut, Lebanon - 4th of July 2010
Lebanon's top Shia Cleric, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, 75, died on Sunday July 4, 2010. Fadlallah was known for his staunch anti-American stance. He was instrumental in the rise of Lebanon's Shias in the past decades and had a strong following among Shia communities both in Lebanon and his native Iraq.
His sons Sayyed Ali Fadlallah, and Sayyed Jafar Fadlallah were given condolenses by clerics and leaders from around the world. Tens of thousands of people turned out for his funeral in Beirut.
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