Sentence examples for cleric today from inspiring English sources

Iran's supreme religious leader pardoned a veteran cleric today.

A leading Muslim cleric today urged Canadians not to give in to the growing "fear and mistrust" between communities in the wake of two fatal attacks on Canadian soil by men described as Islamic converts.

His lawyers said the police were "gentle" in their treatment of the cleric today, calling the sessions "clarification" of his past activities and his relationship to the men arrested in Malaysia and Singapore.

President Vladimir V. Putin appointed a Muslim cleric today to govern Chechnya, a move intended to legitimize the Russian intervention in the breakaway republic and to help the Kremlin tighten its grip on the region.

Using the platform of a nationally televised sermon, a leading cleric today defended the recent closing of 16 pro-reform publications and accused them of trying to destroy the religious underpinnings of the country.

So they were married before an Islamic cleric earlier today.

An extremist cleric last month denounced the Ahmadiyya as the "enemy" on television and at least one person died as a result.

Mr Sadr himself, who is wanted on charges of murdering a fellow cleric last year, was also to be allowed to go free.

They are directly supported by Iran, and their authority is rooted in a call to arms from Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shia cleric, last June.

His lawyer, Muhammad Ali, said Indonesia's elite anti-terror squad swooped in on the 72-year-old cleric early this morning in west Java's Ciamis district.

Shiite leaders said any deal would probably include delaying criminal proceedings against Mr. Sadr, who is wanted by Iraqi authorities for his suspected role in murdering a rival cleric last year.