American academic: the shrine of Imam Ali is the best place for peaceful coexistence and unity among all religions and sects of Iraq and the world.

American academic visited the shrine of Imam Ali (Peace be upon him), accompanied by an academic student delegation from UNESCO and the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Kufa. The delegation toured in Imam Ali Holy Shrine, accompanied by Officials of Public Relations Department.

Eric Davis, a political science professor at the Records University of New Jersey said, "For second time I visit the shrine of Imam Ali and I had presented many lectures at the University of Kufa for heritage, cultural and religious feature of the holy shrine and the city of Najaf, and always, I has benefited from these visits. I consider this holy place an important place unity of humanity nationality among all Iraqi communities Shiites, Sunnis and Christ and others. I met a lot of students from the communities of non-Shiites devoted themselves to visit the shrine of Imam Ali (Peace be upon him) in particular from the western provinces, despite the difficulties."