21.   Araki was the last in a line of elderly spiritual guides who have dominated Shiite theology for the past century.

22.   Araki was the last in a line of elderly spiritual guides who dominated Shiite theology for the past century and stayed clear of politics.

23.   Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, spiritual guide of Shiite fundamentalists in Lebanon, said Israel has found a dilemma in south Lebanon.

24.   Fadlallah, a senior Shiite religious authority worldwide, is widely thought to be the spiritual guide of Hezbollah.

25.   Foday Sankoh, the now-imprisoned founding leader and spiritual guide of the RUF, is expected to be one of the first people brought to trial.

26.   He is the last in a line of elderly spiritual guides who have dominated Shiite theology for the past century.

27.   Spiritual guides are priests who help people understand church teachings.

28.   The meeting also included Sheik Sobhi Tufeili, leader of the extremist wing within the organization, and Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, spiritual guide of Shiite Muslim fundamentalists.

29.   Two of its founders were Sheik Abdul-Aziz el-Oudeh, who is also considered a spiritual guide, and Fathi Shaqaqi, the political leader.

30.   However, in Beirut the spiritual guide of the fundamentalist Shiite Hezbollah movement, Sheikh Hussein Fadlallah, has already announced that the feast will begin on Sunday.