Aytollah Khamenei Condoles Death of Top Saudi Shia cleric

31 January, 2011 08:16

Aytollah Khamenei Condoles Death of Top Saudi Shia cleric

khamenei_and_umeri Aytollah Syed Ali Khamenei has expressed his condolences to the family of Sheikh Muhammad Ali al-Amri.Sheikh Amri, the prayer leader of the Shia mosque in Medina, passed away in Riyadh hospital in the early hours of January 24. Two senior Iranian clerics have departed Tehran for the holy city of Medina to attend the mourning ceremony of Saudi Arabia’s prominent Shia scholar and leader.

Head of Iran’s Guardian Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati and Hojjatoleslam Ahmad Marvi left Tehran to attend the mourning ceremony of Sheikh Mohammed Ali al-Amri as the representatives of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
The two Iranian clerics will convey the condolences of Ayatollah Khamenei to sheikh al-Amri’s family.