Mahmoud al-Sarkhi

Ayatollah
Sayyid Mahmoud al-Hassani al-Sarkhi
السيد محمود الحسني الصرخي
Personal life
Born1964 (age 61–62)
Al-Kazimiyyah, Iraq
Alma materBaghdad University
Pen nameal-Sarkhi
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationShia
Founder ofSarkhi group
Muslim leader
TeacherSadiq al-Sadr

Sayyid Mahmoud al-Hasani al-Sarkhi (Arabic: السيد محمود الحسني الصرخي; born 1964) is a prominent Iraqi Shia Marja'. He was known for his opposition to US and Iranian interference in Iraq.

He has studied in seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr.

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