Muslim Clerics Meet In Iran To Discuss Strategy For Countering Extremists
Shi'a Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi in his library in Qom, Iran, March 1996. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)/ QOM, Iran (AP) — Shiite and Sunni clerics from about 80 countries gathered in Iran's holy city of Qom on Sunday to develop a strategy to combat extremists, including the Islamic State group that has captured large parts of Iraq and Syria. Shiite-majority Iran has been helping Iraqi, Syrian and Kurdish forces battle the Sunni extremist group on the ground while the U.S.-led coalition has been bombing it ...
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