By Raheem Salman
Baghdad (Reuters) -
Iraq's most senior
Shi'ite cleric called on the government on Friday to rush to the aid of
Sunni tribes battling Islamic State,
after the militant group executed at least 220 tribesmen west of
Baghdad this week. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's comments show how the threat posed by Islamic State, which follows an ultra-hardline version of
Sunni Islam, has pushed some Shi'ites and Sunnis to overcome their sectarian differences and face a common enemy. ...
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