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."
