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  Scientist terms Allawi govt Iraq's most corrupt -DAWN - International; 04 February, 2005
Hussein Shahrastani, a former nuclear chemist who was jailed by Saddam Hussein's government, also said Sunnis should be granted the presidency in a gesture to the disgruntled minority.
Mr Shahrastani, who spent 10 years in the dreaded Abu Ghraib prison for refusing to work on Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons programme, vowed the next government would review all suspect contracts made under the Allawi cabinet.
Mr Shahrastani is said to have brokered the alliance between the different Shia groups.
www.dawn.com /2005/02/04/int1.htm   (682 words)

  
 Middle East Online
Hussein Shahrastani, a former nuclear chemist who was jailed during Saddam Hussein's regime, also said Sunnis should be granted the presidency in a gesture to the disgruntled minority.
Shahrastani, who spent 10 years in the dreaded Abu Ghraib prison for refusing to work on Saddam's weapons programme, vowed the next government would review all suspect contracts made under the Allawi cabinet.
Shahrastani is said to have brokered the alliance between the different Shiite groups.
www.middle-east-online.com /english?id=12595   (703 words)

  
 Aga Khan Studs - HISTORY - More Derby Doubles
The Curragh was just the sort of galloping track that suited Shahrastani and he eventually left the King Edward VII Stakes winner Bonhomie trailing eight lengths behind.
Shahrastani's fifth dam Pale Ale had been an inexpensive yet inspired 770 guinea purchase at the December Sales.
Shahrastani and Kahyasi share another distinction - they are the only first foals to achieve dual Derby status, a feat all the more remarkable because in the 219 runnings of the English Derby, only 13 first foals have ever managed to win.
www.agakhanstuds.com /history/ch12.asp?hcode=19940045%E2%8C%A9=FR   (559 words)

  
 Al-Shahrastānī [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
His works reflect a complex interweaving of intellectual strands, and his thought is a synthesis of this fruitful historical period.
The necessity of a Guide, belonging both to the spiritual and the physical world, is primordial in his scheme since the Imam is manifested in this physical world.
Alfred Guillaume in The Summa Philosophiae of Shahrastani.
www.iep.utm.edu /s/shahras.htm   (1762 words)

  
 Shahrastani Returns to England | bloodhorse.com
Eighteen-year-old Shahrastani, who defeated Dancing Brave in the 1986 Epsom Derby (Eng-I) and followed up with a triumph in the Irish Derby (Ire-I), is scheduled to arrive for stallion duty next week at Wayne Hutchinson's Walton Fields Stud near Leicestershire, England.
A Kentucky-bred, Shahrastani (Nijinsky II--Shademah, by Thatch) began his stud career at Three Chimneys Farm near Lexington in 1987, then was moved to Japan.
Shahrastani will stand for a syndicate for £1,250.
www.bloodhorse.com /articleindex/article.asp?id=6805   (90 words)

  
 Kubba: Shahrastani Emerging as Force in Iraqi Politics - Council on Foreign Relations
Laith Kubba, an Iraqi-American who is a specialist on Iraqi politics at the National Endowment for Democracy, says a Shiite nuclear scientist, Hussein Shahrastani, is emerging as a likely major political force.
After the elections scheduled for January 30, Shahrastani could be named president or prime minister in the new government, Kubba says.
[Perhaps] Hussein Shahrastani, a nuclear scientist who was initially suggested by Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations envoy, to be prime minister of the interim government.
www.cfr.org /publication.html?id=7557   (1906 words)

  
 Thoroughbred Times: News Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Shahrastani, who previously stood in Kentucky and Japan, moves to England after standing at Clashmore Stud in County Limerick, Ireland.
Shahrastani has sired 16 stakes winners, including champion Dariyoun and seven group/graded winners, from his first 12 crops.
Shahrastani is also the sire of Grade 3 winner and $499,665-earner Marastani, Grade 3 winner Kazabaiyn, and stakes winners Porbandar (Ire), Rifapour (Ire), and Blue Daisy.
www.thoroughbredtimes.com /todaysnewsarchive/ttodaysnewsviewarchive.asp?ArchiveDate=11/12/2001   (3379 words)

  
 Middle East Online
UIA’s Shahrastani says main obstacle to completing cabinet is finding right Sunni candidates for ministerial posts.
BAGHDAD - Iraq's new government will not be formed until next Thursday at earliest, said Hussein Shahrastani, the parliament's deputy speaker and a senior member of the Shiite United Iraqi Alliance (UIA).
He said the UIA and Kurdish Alliance, the two largest blocs in the parliament elected more than 10 weeks ago, were still in negotiations with Sunni groups.
www.middle-east-online.com /english?id=13244   (513 words)

  
 Jailed by Saddam, Shiite scientist may be best hope for ending Iraq insurgency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Today, he is widely touted as the right man to become Iraq's new prime minister and could be the best hope for ending the country's deadly insurgency.
Shahrastani's strong advocacy of healing Iraq's divisions and his personal story make him one who could offer the olive branch to rebels and calm cries for revenge against former Baathists favoured by religious fundamentalists and Shiite political figures.
At times, Shahrastani even describes the insurgency in terms uncannily identical to some mainstream Sunni politicians who advocate political negotiations with the resistance.
www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?ID=36820   (917 words)

  
 Kuna site|Story page|Iraqi lawmakers discuss mass graves'' protection l...9/11/2005
The mass graves issue was the last on the agenda of today's session which was presided over by Dr. Hussein Shahrastani, the general assembly's first deputy premier.
The draft law on the mass graves is comprised of four chapters dealing with objectives and punishments.
According to Shahrastani, the postponement followed a request by the legal committee in the national assembly.
www.kuna.net.kw /home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=768518   (217 words)

  
 Iran News - Iraqi Shiite leader dismisses Iranian meddling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Shahrastani, who holds a doctorate in nuclear chemistry from the University of Toronto, was a key official at the Iraqi atomic energy commission until 1979 when Saddam became president.
After Saddam took power, Shahrastani refused to be part of Iraq's nuclear programme and was jailed for 10 years in the notorious Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad until 1991, report added.
He left for Iran with his wife and three children before moving to Britain to become a university lecturer.
iranmania.com /News/ArticleView?NewsCode=27900&NewsKind=Current+Affairs   (731 words)

  
 'New Iraqi government pending'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
"The earliest would be the end of the next week," Shahrastani said.
Shahrastani's words deflated expectations the government could still be unveiled this Sunday when the 275-member parliament holds its next session.
"The national assembly for Sunday has been called to discuss the rules of the national assembly and not the cabinet." The main obstacle to completing the cabinet is finding the right Sunni candidates for ministerial positions, Shahrastani said.
www.sundaytimes.co.za /zones/sundaytimesNEW/basket7st/basket7st1113652656.aspx   (183 words)

  
 The Daily Mail - Daily News from Pakistan - Newspaper from Pakistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Just 241 of the parliament’s 275 MPs attended the session but those that did grinned and whistled to each other as they cast their ballots.
Shahrastani, a nuclear scientist and Shiite moderate, spent a decade in the prisons of Saddam Hussein’s Sunni-dominated regime over his refusal to work on Iraq’s atomic weapons programmes.
Tayfur is a member of the politbureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and a veteran rebel fighter.
dailymailnews.com /200504/04/news/108.html   (932 words)

  
 Shahrastani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Owned by HH Aga Khan IV and trained at Newmarket by Michael Stoute, he was ridden by Walter Swinburn, who had previously been successful in the race on Shergar, for the same owner and trainer, in 1981.
Shahrastani won once more after his Epsom success, taking the Irish Derby by eight lengths and was retired to stud at Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky at the end of his three year old career.
This page was last modified 01:16, 30 October 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shahrastani   (119 words)

  
 Shii Origins footnotes
Though Shahrastani claims that al-Nazzam had "tendences pro-rafidites," Gimaret demonstrates that "l'attribution a [Nazzam] des positions imamites traditionelles (la designation de l'imam par nass et ta'yin, et que'Ali a fait l'objet d'un nass zahir...) paraît être une pure invention de [Shahrastani]." Gimaret, trans.
Shahrastani's Livre des religions, 210, and 211, note 50.
I quote Shahrastani's al-Nazzam to cite the objection in the general, not to draw conclusions about al-Nazzam's views.
bahai-library.com /personal/jw/my.papers/origins_fn.html   (2170 words)

  
 Iraqi Shiites unveil broadly based electoral alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
But Sadr, whose militia battled US-led forces in Baghdad and Najaf before calling a truce, is not on the 228-strong list backed by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, said Hussein Shahrastani, a member of the organising committee.
Shahrastani said Sadr had not registered his group.
But Sadr "has said repeatedly that he supports the efforts of the Marjaya (the highest Shiite religious authority in Iraq) to unite Iraqis and to ensure the elections are free and fair," he added.
www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?ID=34801   (534 words)

  
 Iraq Scholar Patel: Nuclear Scientist Shahrastani Likely to Emerge as Iraq's Next Prime Minister - Council on ...
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David S. Patel, a doctoral candidate from Stanford who has spent considerable time in Iraq, says that Sunnis will remain major players in Iraq’s future politics, even though the insurgency will diminish Sunni Arab participation in Sunday’s elections.
www.cfr.org /publication.html?id=7647   (2113 words)

  
 Pakistan Times | Top Story: Bombs rock Baghdad as Sunni cleric calls for amnesty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
One US marine was killed in fighting on Thursday and another in a mortar attack on his camp in Iraq’s western Al-Anbar province on Wednesday, the military said.Amid the fresh violence, deputy parliament speaker Hussein al-Shahrastani dashed hopes that the new government might be in place by Sunday.
"The earliest would be the end of the next week," Shahrastani told AFP.
Shahrastani said the main obstacle to completing the cabinet is finding the right candidates from the Sunni community, which largely boycotted the elections and has fuelled the insurgency.
pakistantimes.net /2005/04/16/top9.htm   (524 words)

  
 ISMAIL BIN JAFAR SADIK (148-158/765-775)
Shahrastani (1076-1153) writes in his "Kitab al-milal wa'l nihal"that during the lifetime of Fatima, Jafar Sadik never got another marriage like Muhammad with Khadija and Ali with Fatima.
The historians quote the tradition that Ismail had died during his father's lifetime, but the followers of Ismail refused to believe the rumours of his death.
Ismail was therefore a real Imam, and after him, the Imamate has to pass to his son, Muhammad." Shahrastani (1076-1153) also writes in "Kitab al-milal wa'l-nihal" (p.
www.ismaili.net /histoire/history04/history401.html   (4287 words)

  
 SHAHRASTANI [Abu'l-Fath Mahommed ibn `Abdalkarim ush-Shahrastani] (1076 or 1086—1153) - Online Information article ...
SHAHRASTANI [Abu'l-Fath Mahommed ibn `Abdalkarim ush-Shahrastani] (1076 or 1086—1153) - Online Information article about SHAHRASTANI [Abu'l-Fath Mahommed ibn `Abdalkarim ush-Shahrastani] (1076 or 1086—1153)
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 USA's Allawi government 'most corrupt ever'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mr Shahrastani is said to have brokered the alliance between the different Shiite groups.
Sheikh Yawar said the position of national assembly speaker would be given to a Kurd.
Mr Shahrastani said the UIA, which includes Shiite powerhouses like Dawa and the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, would win more than 40 per cent of the seats in the new 275-member national assembly.
www.talkaboutculture.com /group/soc.culture.usa/messages/1638759.html   (676 words)

  
 Kurd leader Talabani new Iraq president -DAWN - Top Stories; 7, April 2005
The assembly erupted in applause when the names were announced, bringing to an end the tortuous negotiations that risked losing the faith of the Iraqi people in government after they risked their lives to vote on Jan 30.
Deputy parliament speaker Shia MP Hussein Shahrastani said the presidency council would be sworn in on Thursday at 3pm when they would nominate Shia leader Jaafari.
The government is also leaning toward the creation of three deputy prime minister posts although the Kurds only wanted one, Shahrastani said.
www.dawn.com /2005/04/07/top10.htm   (576 words)

  
 News Item : Accuplace Hires Shahrastani For General Manager Position   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Hamid Shahrastani has joined AccuPlace as general manager of Engineering and Operations.
He brings with him more than two decades of experience in manufacturing and R&D, a M.S. in Engineering Management/Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida, and a BSEE from Wentworth Institute of Technology.
In his previous position as senior director of Engineering at Boston Scientific Corp., Shahrastani was responsible for all engineering activities, including manufacturing process development, new product introduction, technology development, facilities engineering and equipment engineering.
www.adhesivesmag.com /CDA/ArticleInformation/news/news_item/0,2108,141272,00.html   (106 words)

  
 Turks.US Daily News - Iraq’s Parliament Names Kurdish President Daily News Turkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After delays and deliberations, members of the transitional Iraqi Parliament finally made up their mind and elected Wednesday, April 6, Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani as the country's president, paving the way for the creation of a new government in the war-torn country by the next week.
Outgoing Sunni president Ghazi Al-Yawar and current Shiite Finance Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi were also named by the 275-seat Transitional National Assembly as his vice presidents.
Before the parliament session, Shahrastani said the choice of Talabani reflected efforts to represent the nation’s diverse ethnic and religious groups in the new leadership.
www.turks.us /article.php?story=20050406081101876   (602 words)

  
 AhlulBayt Discussion Forum -> Dr. Hussain Al Shahrastani Urges
Hussain Al Shahrastani Urges, appointed by Sayed Seestani
Sayed Dr. Husssain Al Shahrastani the mastermind behind the slate formed United Iraqi Alliance 169 had specifically asked for people to vote.
Sayed Hussain was choosen by Sayed Seestani with 5 others to form the United Iraqi Alliance.
www.shiachat.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=48061   (541 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Shahrastani on the Indian religions
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www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/2434e834ff77a018.html   (47 words)

  
 IslamOnline - Art & Entertainment Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Muslim savants such as Ibn Al-Nadim and As-Shahrastani in the 10th and 11th centuries wrote with much warmth about the exemplary qualities of the Buddhists living in their midst in parts of what is today’s Iran and Afghanistan.
The autochthonous epoch is the epoch of indigenous, independent kingdoms and empires, which spanned long centuries of Asian history.
[1] For Shahrastani’s thinking see Bruce Lawrence Shahrastani on the Indian Religions, Moulton, Moulton and Co. 1976
www.islamonline.net /English/artculture/2005/07/01.shtml   (1063 words)

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