No Shiite power struggle

Healing Iraq discusses all the press speculation about power struggles amongst the Shiite clergy should al-Sistani die from his heart condition. He provides a much needed education to the fools in the press whose zenophobic coverage treats Iraq as if it were a clone of the west. The article is interesting reading, even if I have to struggle with some of the names, but the closing statement says it all.

Furthermore, Grand Ayatollah Al-Fayyadh is known to be the most moderate of Shi'ite marji'iya, even more so than Sistani. He belongs to the traditional old school of the Hawza (that of Abu Al-Hassan Al-Asfahani, Sadiq Al-Shirazi, Al-Barujardi, Hussein Kashif Al-Ghatta', Muhsin Al-Hakim, and Al-Khoei) that calls for a distinct seperation of state and religion and an utter contempt for the notion of Wilayet Al-Faqih (the rule of the jurisprudent) that was preached by Khomeini and taken up by the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

So I wish to comfort the sensational media that there will be no power struggles in the Hawza after Sistani's death. There will always be a peaceful consensus on who would be the supreme marji' in Najaf, as it has always been that way for centuries.

Note the comment about the "traditional school" that calls for a "distinct seperation of state and religion". This should be comforting words to those in the west who worry about Iraq becoming another Iran.

Where exactly does the western press get their news?