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clerics were sharply divided on the issue of whether the war was morally justified
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Officials then brought in local scholars and clerics, including some who had been in the angry crowd.
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Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
Diego Ibarra Sánchez for NPR The following day, hundreds of friends, relatives and Muslim clerics gathered in the small town to pay tribute to the victims.
—Diego Ibarra Sánchez, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
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Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
Diego Ibarra Sánchez for NPR The following day, hundreds of friends, relatives and Muslim clerics gathered in the small town to pay tribute to the victims.
—Diego Ibarra Sánchez, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Cleric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleric. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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cleric
noun
cler·ic
ˈkler-ik 
: a member of the clergy
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