An occasional aside about Shaykh al-Khalisi...

"[Many Shi'as] cited examples of irrationality in his behavior. He once waged a three-month campaign against eating rabbit meat, something the Muslims of Kazmiyya did not do, and could not do, given that there were no rabbits available."

Joyce N. Wiley, "The Islamic Movement of Iraqi Shi'as" (Lynne Rienner, 1992), p.44 n.42.


Now back to the chronology, please.