Salafist group signs Hezbollah pact

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Hezbollah has signed a memorandum of understanding with a local Sunni faction in Lebanon, a move that could help defuse sectarian tensions that have cost the lives of more than 100 people.

But the deal, signed on Monday between Hezbollah and the Salafist Belief and Justice Movement (BJM), came under fire from other Salafist groups.

The agreement prohibits the shedding of Muslim blood by fellow Muslims.

Salafists follow a form of Sunni Islam and many adherents consider some Shia Islamic beliefs to be heresies.

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