Talk:Guardianship of the Islamic jurists

weird claims
"The doctrine was not endorsed by the then-leading Shi'a marja-e-taqleed ("source of imitation" or respected religious leader) Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei or his student Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, both of Iraq. However, while Khu'i and Sistani have not voiced their support for its implementation, neither have they openly rejected it."

First you say they oppose it, and then you add that they have not done so in public. Well, maybe you have private contact with these people, but without citation its invalid.

"The West has always been critical towards the concept of Wilayat al-Faqih."

The west has no idea about Wilayat al-Faqih, let alone them having an opinnion about it. user:ArmanJan

==atinmes Ayatollah Hossein Fadlallah, the supreme Shi'ite authority in Lebanon, is a very active critic of the theory of velayat-e-faqih; he insists the faithful are absolutely free to choose who is their marja'a. --Striver 13:16, 17 September 2006 (UTC)