Article: JORDAN: IRAQI RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONDEMN MISUSE OF RELIGION IN FOMENTING SECTARIAN STRIFE.

According to "Jordan Times", senior Iraqi Sunni, Shiite and Christian leaders met in London last week to address escalating sectarian tensions and to stand united for social reconstruction and nation-building. The participants condemned the bombing of religious sites and the misuse of religion in fomenting sectarian strife, according to a statement from the World Conference of Religions for Peace. In particular, they strongly rejected the practice of accusing some Iraqis of atheism as a pretext for violence and attacking their religious sites. Denouncing terrorism, they called for the need to distinguish between acts of terrorism, murder, and forced migration on the one ...

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