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According to The Australian, “Four sheikhs from the Sadr movement made a “pact of honour” with the conservative Sunni Muslim Scholars Association”, which is great news.
(H/T Captains Quarters)

It gets better:

The agreement was made in the particularly symbolic setting of Baghdad’s premier Sunni mosque Abu Hanifa where the Shiite sheikhs prayed under the guidance of Sunni imam Abdel Salam al-Qubaissi. The meeting was broadcast on television and the religious leaders all “condemned the blowing up of the Shiite mausoleum of Samarra as much as the acts of sabotage against the houses of God as well as the assassinations and terrorisation of Muslims”.
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“It is not permitted to spill the Iraqi blood and to touch the houses of God,” said the statement, adding that any mosques taken over by another community should be returned. The meeting also announced the formation of a commission to “determine the reasons for the crisis with a view to solving it”, while also calling for a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops.

This is splendid news, though it doesn’t guarantee that the fighting will end immediately. I suspect, though, that this show of unity is making it alot more difficult to justify future acts of violence to other Iraqis. I also suspect that anyone still planning these types of attacks will get reported to the authorities.

Let’s hope that this is just another puzzle piece to true peace.

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