Les bones notícies de l'Iraq que no surten a la tele

Els líders de les comunitats sunnites i xiïtes de l'Iraq firmen a la Meca un compromís per la pau, la unitat nacional i la fi de la violència interconfessional. La informació següent és una traducció a l'anglès de Haider Ajina d'una informació publicada divendres al diari iraquià Aswat Al-Iraq:

Tonight (Friday) in Saudi Arabia, Iraqi religious leaders signed a covenant to interdict spilling of Iraqi blood.

Iraqi TV channel AL-Iraqiah showed clips showing Iraqi Sunni and Shiite religious leaders signing a covenant In Mecca Saudi Arabia to interdict spilling of Iraqi blood. The Muslim Congress Organization hosted this event. Chairman of the MCO, Ikmal Aldien Auglu said:

* The covenant which was signed interdicts killing, evicting, mocking, attacking houses of prayer of Muslims and non Muslims.
* The covenant also calls for crushing the rift between Sunni and Shiite and brings attention to the dangers of committing crimes in the name of religion or religious sect.
* The covenant also calls for national and religious unity and its preservation from those who wish to divide Iraqis.
* The covenant also declare all crimes committed in the name of religion in Iraq as a sin forbidden by God.
* The covalent condemns disgracing of Shiite or Sunnis and condemns the two sects denunciating each other.
* The covenant also calls upon the Iraqi government to release all those who are innocent and give the accused just and speedy trials with swift punishments if guilt, that they serve as a deterrent to the rest.
* The covenant affirms the importance of Sunnis and Shiite to stand together for the sovereignty of Iraq and unity of its soil, and to end its occupation and work towards building Iraq’s economy infrastructure military and political structure.

Amongst the dignitaries attending the signing of this covenant, is president of the Sunni Accord Ahmed Abdulghafoor Alsameraai and president of the Shiite Accord Adnan Alhaideri and Sheik Mohamed Mahmood Alsumed member of "Muslim Scholars Association" (Sunni organization) and Sheik Sader Aldien Kubanchi member of "Supreme Council of Islamic Revelation in Iraq" SCIRI (Shiite organization). It was noted that a representative of Alsistani and Muqtada Alsadar did not attend. However, they did send their endorsements of the covenant and its contents.