An Iraqi Sunni Muslim shakes hand with a Shiite Muslim. AP photo
Posted on 02/25/2006 11:01:07 AM PST by jmc1969
THE movement of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, alleged to have played a role in the anti-Sunni violence over the last few days, publicly made peace with political and religious Sunni leaders overnight.
Four sheikhs from the Sadr movement made a "pact of honour" with the conservative Sunni Muslim Scholars Association, and called for an end to attacks on places of worship, the shedding of blood and condemning any act leading to sedition.
The agreement was made in the particularly symbolic setting of Baghdad's premier Sunni mosque Abu Hanifa where the Shiite sheikhs prayed under the guidance of Sunni imam Abdel Salam al-Qubaissi.
The meeting was broadcast on television and the religious leaders all "condemned the blowing up of the Shiite mausoleum of Samarra as much as the acts of sabotage against the houses of God as well as the assassinations and terrorisation of Muslims".
The statement made reference to the key concerns of both communities with the violent aftermath to the attack on the Samarra mausoleum which saw more than 119 people die.
The sheikhs condemned "those who excommunicate Muslims" a reference to the "takfireen" or Islamist extremists like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who justify killing fellow Muslims by declaring them non-Muslims.
"It is not permitted to spill the Iraqi blood and to touch the houses of God," said the statement, adding that any mosques taken over by another community should be returned.
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This could go really bad for Zarqawi if the Iraqis realize that he and his merry band of headhunters have the most to gain by causing violence.
terrorists unite...yiptie dooo
Monkeys make a pact and decide to fling shi* together in harmony.
Sadr should be dead.
Another failure.
From the article: The sheikhs condemned "those who excommunicate Muslims" a reference to the "takfireen" or Islamist extremists like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi who justify killing fellow Muslims by declaring them non-Muslims.
It's one of the first signs of Nationalism and it's a positive unless of course you're speaking from the DNC vantage or the Pat Buchanan wing of the Republican party.
a candle Bump
Shhh, here is a dirty little secret, not all Iraqis want us to leave.
The road to peace - if you can call it that in a Muslim land - runs over the graves of Sadr and Zarqawi .
Semper Fi
I suspect Sadr is in the pocket of the Iranians and Iranian agents actually blew up their gilded mud hut. It's all just a timely distraction so the Iranian mullahs can finish their A-bombs. Cartoons riots, Sunni/Shiite riots: don't pay any attention to the mullah behind the curtain.
LOL..the DNC is 'deeply saddened'
You knew we were in for a long slog when Bush refused to kill Al Sadr back in May 2003. Biggest mistake of the conflict.
"It's one of the first signs of Nationalism and it's a positive unless of course you're speaking from the DNC vantage or the Pat Buchanan wing of the Republican party."
Exactly!
An Iraqi Sunni Muslim shakes hand with a Shiite Muslim. AP photo
These sort of things make "strange bedfellows". I saw it first hand when I was in Iran during the revolution.
((Sadr should be dead.
Another failure.))
Yup. Should have taken out OBL when we had a chance in Tora Bora too.
Should have pumped a couple in Saddams head too when they found him.
How many GI deaths has this Al Sadr guy horseshit caused??
Should have been marshal law right after the fall of Baghdad too.
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