Have a look at Sistani's site

Submitted by Silvester (United Kingdom), Apr 28, 2006 at 07:06

Dr Pipes,

There is nothing 'pre-modern' about Sistani's site. There it clearly states that infidels/kafirs are 'najis', ie unclean on the same level as urine, faeces etc. This seems to be common Shiite thinking.

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