請問gesture在此處的意思

Question

The three-day closing of the Sunni mosques was announced earlier in the week by religious leaders, who regard the gesture as a loud-and-clear protest against the violence endured by Sunni clerics.

此處gesture的意思

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/22/iraq.mai...

我很不能了解那一段的意思

1.religious leaders是不是Sunni派的?

2. who regard the gesture as a loud-and-clear protest against the violence endured by Sunni clerics.這句話的意思

總覺得這段和前面敘述的不合

Answer 1

最佳解答

有表示某種意思的「動作」

，他們認為這個「動作」是一個很明顯的（對施展在 Sunni 神職人員身上的暴力的）抗議

參考資料： 自己

Answer 2

it means action 作為, 行為the gesture: 這種作為