Sistani said that politicians who cling to their posts are making a „grave mistake“, piling pressure on Shi‘ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to drop his bid for a third term. (..)

„All political parties should know that conflicts and differences among each other – which in many times have no justification but self interest or sectarian or national interests – have caused the weakening of everybody and opened the door for the terrorists,“ he said.