Iraq’s Top Shiite Cleric Tells Shiites To Protect Sunnis
Najaf, Nov 27, (VOI)- Top Shiite Cleric Ali al-Sistani urged Shiites to protect their Sunni brothers and defend them, head of south Iraq’s scholars body said on Tuesday.
Shiekh Khaled al-Mulla said at a press conference held in Najaf after the visit made by a delegation of Sunni and Shiite clerics to al-Sistani, “The top cleric asserted on the sanctity of Iraq’s blood, urging Shiites to protect and defend Sunnis.”
Sistani said in the two-hour meeting “I’m a servant for all Iraqis and there is no difference between Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds, or Christians.”
“Sistani also warned Iraq’s clerics of enemies’ plots to differentiate between Iraqis,” Sheikh Mulla said.
Preparations are currently underway to hold the first national meeting between Shiite and Sunni clerics in the city of Najaf. The delegation consisted of clerics from Iraq’s Kurdistan, Basra, al-Nasriyah, and Falluja.
Najaf lies 180 km south of Baghdad.
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Holy Shiite! …
Do we dare hope it’s the start of the “unity” we’ve been waiting for?
November 27th, 2007 at 4:53 pmWould this qualify as a “benchmark” the freakin dimwits keep talking about? If so, I think it only fitting that the Iraqi’s set some “benchmarks” for the US Congress.
November 27th, 2007 at 6:03 pmA voice of reason!
November 27th, 2007 at 6:34 pmThe defeatists’ action line of sectarian strife cannot tolerate this! How dare they propose cooperation!
November 27th, 2007 at 6:41 pmHow can anyone say there is a civil war going on there when the top Shiite is defending Sunnis? Has anyone let the Dems know that from Al Sadr to Sistani to Hakim to the Sunni tribal leaders, no one is cooperating with their civil war. Which Hillary said they are in, AGAIN YESTERDAY.
November 27th, 2007 at 6:53 pmThis story has to be a mistake. The war was lost several months ago.
November 27th, 2007 at 7:16 pmWow the characters in Iraq are very inspirational at times. This could very well turn out to be a great story in the end. Cheers to this
November 27th, 2007 at 9:17 pmThank you God (ours) and Allah (theirs). A voice in the desert at last. Maybe, just maybe, they can come together as a nation. I like the benchmark idea from my fellow Buckeye.
November 27th, 2007 at 9:18 pmDosnt matter, dosnt mean a thing, they havnt met POLITICAL BENCHMARKS SENT BY THE US (DEM LED) CONGRESS, (and after all, liberals from New York know alot more about Iraq than Iraqis).
November 27th, 2007 at 9:28 pmSomeone needs to show this ( and a million other stories on the site ) to those fucks on O’Reilly. They are traitors - they can claim all they want to desire victory in Iraq, but their desperate and determined and unyieldingly intense search for ANY negative talking point betrays them.
November 27th, 2007 at 10:05 pm