(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Senior Iraqi cleric hailed the unifying efforts of grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani calling the Shia scholar as the leader of both Shia and Sunni communities.
Sheikh Ali Al-Ezzi, deputy of the al-Shafe’i Institute in Iraq, and a group of Sunni scholars visited the holy Shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) hailing the struggles of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani, senior Shia jurisprudent for the lives of Iraqi nation.
He said,” The Jihad fatwa (religious statement by jurisprudent) by Ayatollah Sistani led to solidarity and saving the lives of Iraqi people.”
Deputy of Shafe’i Institute praised Shia cleric, Ayatollah Sistani as the guarantee for security and stability of Iraq and stressed,” Ayatollah Sistani is the jurisprudent for all Iraqi people, including Shia, Sunni, Kurd and Turkmen.”
He called Iraqi people as a family that cannot be divided by anyone.
Sheikh al Ezzi also expressed gratitude for the contributions made by the holy Shrine of Imam Hussein (AS), third Shia Imam and grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), for the Iraqi refugees.
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28 February 2017 - 15:29
News ID: 814730
Senior Iraqi cleric hailed the unifying efforts of grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani calling the Shia scholar as the leader of both Shia and Sunni communities.
