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Iranian Court Sentences Sunni Cleric To Seven Years In Prison

An Iranian court has ordered the closure of the only Sunni mosque in the Arab sector of Khozistan in southern Iran, and has sentenced the mosque's preacher, Sheikh Abd Al-Hamid Al-Dousri, to seven years in prison.

In 2006, Al-Dousri was arrested by Iranian authorities for spreading Sunni Islam.

Source: Al-Jazirah, Saudi Arabia, May 25, 2008

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