(AhlulBayt News Agency) - In a meeting with a delegation from Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs in Qom on Thursday November 3, Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi said, “What is currently being propagated against Shiite Islam in the world media are intended to serve some countries’ political interest; Western countries’ policies along with their Wahhabi allies cannot stand the presence of a strong sovereign Shia country in the region, that’s why they attempt to propagate false misgivings against Shia Muslims,”
Speaking on the issue of religious tolerance toward Sunni Muslims in Iran, The Senior Shia cleric added,” I’ve issued a fatwa to forbid insulting Sunni Muslims and we’ve also sent the text of the fatwa to the grand Imam of Al-Azhar in Egypt stating that insulting Sunnis’ beliefs is forbidden, that fatwa has also been translated to many different languages,”
The revered source of emulation further asserted, “Some people have made contacts with Indonesia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs and have claimed they are representatives of a religious sect in Iran; I must hereby state clearly that Baha’ism is not a religious sect, rather a political movement which is affiliated to the Zionist regime and their center of political activities is located in the occupied Palestinian territories,”
Elsewhere in his remarks, answering a question put forward by the officials of Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs regarding the condition of religious minorities in Iran, Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi said,” You may visit the Sunni Muslims’ religious centers and social gatherings in order to see for yourselves their status and freedom in Iran. Prominent Sunni scholars are in currently in touch with us in Iran and we maintain friendly relations,”
“Today, prominent Sunni scholars along with Shia clerics are standing united in their fight against Takfirism and have scientific cooperation in different fields. Sunni Muslims also have representatives in Iranian legislature as well as in the assembly of experts,”
“Islam’s adversaries are propagating against Shi'ite Islam and Iran, they claim that religious minorities do not enjoy freedom in Iran, but the truth of the matter is that Iranian minorities are enjoying perfect freedom and security in Iran," Ayatollah Makarem concluded.
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source : Hoze News
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Baha’ism, a political movement affiliated to Zionist regime - Grand Ayatollah Makarem
I must hereby state clearly that Baha’ism is not a religious sect, rather a political movement which is affiliated to the Zionist regime and their center of political activities is located in the occupied Palestinian territories - says Ayatollah Makarem.