The session talks about the main actors in Najaf Governorate in Iraq. These factors include the authority and religious seminary, social forces such as clans, and the demographic map of the governorate. The session also addresses the cultural roles and literary and cognitive heritage in the province, in addition to the political roles and their impact on events and issues in Iraq. The history of the interaction of these roles is narrated and their rise, stability and decline since the beginning of the twentieth century analyzed, including revolutions and important events. The session focused on the fatwa of the supreme religious authority calling for sufficient jihad against terrorism.