Sunni scholar demands Saudi govt to release Shia leader Ayatollah al-Nimr

A well-known Sunni scholar and President of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) Pir Aijaz Hashmi has demanded of Saudi monarchy to withdraw  unjust death sentence for Shia leader Ayatollah Baqar al-Nimr and release him forthwith.

Condemning the Saudi court’s said verdict, he said, Saudi monarchy’s policies pose serious threat to unity of Muslims and Islamic world.

“All Islamic schools of thought have serious reservations on the particular intolerant ideology of Saudi monarchy. Saudi monarchs hurt the Muslims across the world by razing shrines and graves of companions, wives and Ahl-e-Bait of Hazrat Mohammad, last apostle and Prophet of God,” he said in a statement.

The JUP’s top official warned the government not to push their opponent sects to the wall because unity of Islamic Ummah would be endangered by their move. He said after violating religious sanctities of Muslims around the world, Saudi monarchy was violating the fundamental human rights and democratic and political rights of Muslims in Saudi Arabia.

“Instead of denying the legitimate rights to the political opponents, Saudi rulers must ensure that all Muslims live in Saudi Arabia with unity and cohesion in peace with full citizens rights so that nobody could blame Saudi regime of unjust, brutal and despotic.