The Shia Muslim Supreme Religious Authority — His Eminence Ali EsSistani — has renewed the call to maintain peaceful protests, and stressed that Iraqi security forces have to avoid the use of violence, especially excessive violence, against protesters. Representative and spokesperson for His Eminence EsSistani — sheikh Abdul-Mehdi Elkerbela’i — read out a statement, issued by EsSistani’s office, in Friday’s sermon held at the Imam Hussain Shrine on November 11, in which he said: “Maintaining peaceful protests, in various forms, is significantl ...

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