In Iran, Muslim clerics vow to combat extremists
QOM, Iran (AP) — Muslim clerics meeting in Iran have vowed to counter extremists like the Islamic State group through mosques and Islamic teaching centers. The announcement Monday came at the end of a two-day conference of Sunni and Shiite clerics in Iran's holy city of Qom. Their pledge also comes after a request made by the U.S. for Middle Eastern countries to counter the slick propaganda of the Islamic State group, which now holds territory across Syria and Iraq. Shiite-majority Iran has been helping battle the Islamic State group in ...
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