forces in the country, counted himself among the ayatollah’s many followers. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, a Sunni leader considered sympathetic to the United States, called Fadlallah 'a voice of moderation and an advocate of unity.' Ali al-Adeeb, an official in Iraq’s Dawa Party, which Fadlallah helped create, said that it 'will be hard to replace him.' Dawa Party leader and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who has worked closely with U.S.

Nasrallah issued a statement mourning the death of 'a merciful father and a wise guide.'īut the accolades did not just come from America’s enemies. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei referred to the late ayatollah as a 'true companion of the Islamic Republic.' Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, even came out of hiding to pay his respects at Fadlallah’s casket and offer his condolences to his family. Tributes poured in from across the Middle East. It was followed by thousands of mourners, most of them wearing black and many carrying pictures of Lebanon’s most eminent Shiite cleric on their way to his final resting place. The coffin of Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, covered in a black cloth embroidered in gold with verses from the Quran, wound through Beirut’s southern suburbs July 6, traveling from his home to the Hassanein mosque, where he used to deliver Friday sermons.

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