President Muhammad Mursī opened the 16th summit of non-aligned nations in Iran.

Mursī opened his speech by praising the four caliphs of sunnī Islam.

(Reviewer's Note: Sunnī Muslims believe that Abū Bakr al-Sidīq is Prophet Muhammad's successor while Shī'ah Muslims believe that 'Alī Ibn Abī Tālib is Prophet's successor.*)

The Lebanese Al-Manār satellite channel, affiliated to Hezbollah, said on its account on the social networking website Twitter, that the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Mursī's "sectarian speech".

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*  "How do Sunnis and Shi'as differ theologically?" Last updated 2009-08-19, BBC religions