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Grand Ayatollah Sistani calls for one-week public mourning

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Feb 22, IRNA
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Iraq's highest Shiite religious authority, the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Wednesday called for a week of public mourning in Iraq following the bombing of the Shiite shrines of Imam Ali al-Naqi and Imam Hassan al-Askariya in Samarra, north of Baghdad, an official of his office said.

Ayatollah Sistani called on the Iraqi people to voice their protest over such crimes in a peaceful manner, the source added.

He added that Ayatollah Sistani was to issue an official statement in this regard.

The clergyman called for a declaration of specific days for public mourning in order to reclaim peace after the terrorist attack in Samarra.

The Qatari Al-Jazeera satellite TV also quoted Ayatollah Sistani as calling for the holding of demonstrations as a gesture of protest at today's terrorist act.

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