Sayyid Mohammed Taqi al-Khoei
Encyclopedia
Sayyid Mohammed Taqi al-Khoei, brother of Abdul Majid al-Khoei
and son of Ayatollah Al-Udhma Sayyid Abul Qasim al-Khoei
.
,
Abdul Majid al-Khoei
Sayyid Abdul Majid al-Khoei , 16 August 1962 – 10 April 2003) was a Twelver Shia cleric and the son of Ayatollah Al-Udhma Sayyid Abul Qasim al-Khoei. He was born in the holy city of Najaf.-Life:...
and son of Ayatollah Al-Udhma Sayyid Abul Qasim al-Khoei
Abul-Qassim Khoei
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abul-Qassim al-Khoei was one of the most influential Twelver Shia Islamic scholars , and the predecessor to Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Al-Husayni Al-Sistani. He was the spiritual leader of much of the Shia world until his death in 1992...
.
Death
According to the UN Special Rapporteur for Iraq,
Following two years of relentless intimidation and harassment, including specific threats against him dating from his March 1991 arrest with his father, the late Grand Ayatollah Abul Qasim Al-Musawi Al-Khoei, Mohammed Taqi Al-Khoei died in a sudden car accident on the night of 21 July 1994. Specifically, Mr. Al-Khoei was returning to Najaf after having made his weekly visit to the Shiah holy shrine in Karbala when his car crashed into an unlit truck blocking the divided highway. According to information received by the Special Rapporteur, the accident occurred at about 11 p.m. and resulted in the instantaneous deaths of Mr. Al-Khoei's driver and six-year-old nephew. However, Mr. Al-Khoei and his brother-in-law, Amin Khalkhali, lay for hours beside the road and eventually bled to death before an ambulance was called at around 4 a.m. in order to remove their bodies.