In another development, senior Muslim clergy in Iraq called on Shiite and Sunni Muslims, Monday, April 21, to act in unison and let bygones be bygones. Converging on Al-Aâzamia district in Baghdad, the clergymen decided to demonstrate before Palestine Hotel on Monday and the Mosque of Abdul Qader al-Gelani on Friday, April 25, in protest at the arrival of U.S. civil administrator of post-war Iraq retired Gen. Jay Garner. âYou (Muslims) [are] the overwhelming majority in Iraq and the U.S. troops cannot trespass on you when the new Iraqi government is formed. We must leave no room for sectarian sedition of which our Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) warned,â IslamOnline.net quoted head of Iraqâs Muslims society Sheikh Ahmad al-Kabessi as addressing a crowd of Shiites and Sunnis.
| "That's right, brethren and sistern! The only good government is a government that's been appointed by God, and that's answerable only to God! That means a government by men who know God, men whom God calls at home to chat! Pious men! Men with turbans! Men with automatic weapons! We know best! We know what's good for you, better'n you!" |
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