Basra's Back in Business
Abbie Trayler-Smith/Panos for TIME
Shi'ite and Sunni United
At Basra's Grand Mosque, three clerics from different traditions discuss their common hopes for national unity. "All mosques belong to one God," says Emad al-Battat (right), the representative in Basra of Sayyed Ali Sistani, the most senior Shi'ite cleric in Iraq. Sayed Abdalaali (center), who represents the harder line Shi'ite Sayyed Ali Almousawi, and Mohamed Zari Alhamdani (left), a Sunni and member of the Association of Muslim Scholars, agree.
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