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Iraqi Shiite Cleric: Iraqi Extremism A 'Transitory Phase'

In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, Iraqi Shiite authority Hussein al-Sadr shares his perspective on the state of affairs in Iraq 10 years after the fall of Saddam Hussein.
People gather in Abu Hanifa mosque during a celebration ceremony marking the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed, in Baghdad's Adhamiya district March 8, 2009. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ RELIGION SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY) - RTXCIVP
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Shiite cleric Ayatollah Hussein al-Sadr is known as a moderate religious voice in Iraq, thanks to the initiatives he has launched for bringing together points of view between various religious and sectarian schools in and outside the country.

He established the Humanitarian Dialogue Foundation, and he believes that religion is a point of convergence, not divergence, and that terrorism is a dangerous phenomenon that can be stopped by a true cultural revolution.

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