Reuters - Iraq�s senior shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani condemned on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump�s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel�s capital.


'�This decision is condemned and decried, it hurt the feelings of hundreds of millions of Arabs and Muslims,�� said a statement from Sistani�s office.


'�But it won�t change the reality that Jerusalem is an occupied land which should return to the sovereignty of its Palestinian owners no matter how long it takes,�� it said, calling on the '�Umma�', or Islamic nation, '�to combine its efforts that purpose.��




Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Angus MacSwan