Sectarian Tension in Baghdad
A guard stands watch outside the Kuraimat Mosque during the funeral of Mohammad Kadhim Mous Ghuraify, a prominent Shiite cleric. Shiite and Sunni Muslim clerics call for restraint following deadly attacks on mosques and clerics of both sects in Baghdad. Many believe his murder was meant to spark sectarian violence between Shiites and Sunnis, but leaders from both Muslim factions have called for calm.

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