KurdistanObserver.com
Sunni Clerics Visit Al Sistani in Najaf
AP
April 18, 2007
Baghdad: A group of senior Sunni clerics visited
Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, in Najaf yesterday and
emerged from the meeting saying followers of the two sects are 'brothers.'
"Everybody's aim is to extinguish the fire of strife in our country. This is our
call to everyone," said Shaikh Mohammad Talabani, head of the Clerics
Association in Kurdistan.
Iraq's Sunni mufti, Shaikh Jamaluddin Al Dabban, said Al Sistani asked him to
give his regards to all Sunni scholars in the country. "We call for unity," Al
Dabban said. A third cleric from the Kurdish city of Arbil, Shaikh Ali Al
Khafaji, said, "Our aim is Iraq's unity. There is no difference between Sunnis
and Shiites. They are all our brothers."
Sunni clerics have frequently visited Al Sistani in the past. They also visited
three other top Shiite clerics in Najaf yesterday.
