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Sat 10 Oct 2007Shia imam says visit by Saudi cleric
'worrying'
The imam of Ireland's only Shia mosque has criticised the visit to Ireland of a controversial cleric from Saudi Arabia, accusing him of encouraging anti-Shia sentiment. Mary Fitzgerald, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, reports.
Ali Al Saleh, imam of the Shia mosque in Milltown, Dublin, said the visit of Sheikh Salman Al Awda was "worrying" given the good relations between Sunni and Shia communities here.
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