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clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified
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Iranian clerics who were willing to work with the Shah were undermined.
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
People will decide to read things that would be deplored by literary critics or anti-smut campaigners or religious clerics or card-carrying rationalists.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Supporters described Gulen as a peaceful, moderate cleric who championed interfaith dialogue.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
The only militia that was permitted to keep its weapons after the civil war (on account of its ongoing fight against the Israeli occupation), Hezbollah today operates as a de facto state within a non-state, deciding Lebanon’s fate in tandem with clerics in Tehran.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
People will decide to read things that would be deplored by literary critics or anti-smut campaigners or religious clerics or card-carrying rationalists.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Supporters described Gulen as a peaceful, moderate cleric who championed interfaith dialogue.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
The only militia that was permitted to keep its weapons after the civil war (on account of its ongoing fight against the Israeli occupation), Hezbollah today operates as a de facto state within a non-state, deciding Lebanon’s fate in tandem with clerics in Tehran.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Cleric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleric. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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cleric
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cler·ic
ˈkler-ik 
: a member of the clergy
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