(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Top Shia cleric condemned the recent Qur'an burning by the US forces in Afghanistan demanding Muslim nations to dismiss the occupiers from their countries.
Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, Iranian Shia jurisprudent and professor at Qom Seminary in his weekly class called the recent incident in US Afghanistan base as a catastrophe which moved the world of Islam and killing of Afghan protesters to the heinous act.
He said the demand of the people is punishment for the person behind the crime since mere apology does not suffice.
Iranian jurisprudent referred to the demands of the Afghan people who urge the withdrawal of the US forces from the country.
He condemned the Qur'an burning and Muslim countries that give the incident a cold shoulder due to the interests of their masters.
"The result is that these problems will continue as long as anti-Islamic strangers are in Muslim countries." said the cleric and added, "Muslims have to struggle for dismissing the occupying forces from their countries.
Senior cleric referred to the crimes of Iraq war occupiers as the only crime of its kind in the whole history of humanity and called Muslim communities to stay vigilant against the arrogant powers.
Recently copies of the Holy Qur’an and other Islamic texts at the US-run Bagram Airbase, 11 kilometers (7 miles) southeast of the city of Charikar in Afghanistan's Parwan Province have been burnt by US forces.
The act has triggered widespread rallies across Muslim countries with the protesters calling for the prosecution of those involved in the sacrilege of Islam's holy book.
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