clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified
Recent Examples on the WebIn an interview last month, Shiite cleric and former Hezbollah executive Mohammad Ali al-Husseini described Safieddine as a far more hardline figure than Nasrallah.—NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024 Should that musket misfire, don’t look for the cleric.—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024 The white-bearded cleric did not name a new leader.—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024 At the apex of his career, the cleric was so popular that shops sold DVDs of his speeches, and many Lebanese used lines from them as ringtones.—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cleric
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