The influential Iraqi religious scholar Muqtada al-Sadr has called for unity among all people and an end to divisions among religious sects and ethnicities in the Arab country.

According to the reports, Sadr, who heads a powerful bloc in the Iraqi parliament, also attended the Friday Prayers at a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, where Sunni and Shiite Muslims prayed together in a gesture of unity.

He said at Abdul Qadir Gilani Mosque, "We support the demands of the people, but I urge them to safeguard Iraq’s unity".

Sadr then visited Baghdad's Our Lady of Salvation Church, telling reporters that Iraqi Muslims have learned big lessons of peace and patience from their Christian brothers