The biggest threat to the holy sites is from Saudi Arbia, Said Senior Pakistani Sunni leader

Chairman of Pakistan’s Sunni Ittehad Council Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza has said there is absolutely no threat to holy sites in Saudi Arabia and “Saudi government is the biggest threat to the holy sites in the country.”

The religious leader referred to the Saudi government as the one that had demolished many scared sites and tombs in that country wondering how can they say that the holy sites in Saudi Arabia are under threat.

Hamid Raza made the remarks while commenting on recent claims made by Riyadh that it was threatened to be targeted by terrorist attacks.

Saudi Arabia has been playing a negative role in the Muslim world and has done a lot of damage to the Islamic Ummah (nations), said the chairman of the Ittehad Council of Pakistan.

He also commented on a resolution passed by the country’s parliamentarians urging Pakistan to take neutral position on Yemen and not get involved in the Saudi-led war against the people of Yemen.

The resolution was a positive development, said the leader adding, undemocratic countries of the Middle East should understand that in democratic societies, government is bound to follow the decision of the parliament.

Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza also said that a current visit by Saudi’s Sheikh Khalid al-Ghamdi, the Imam of Holey Kabba, to Pakistan had some hidden agenda and coming at a time when Saudi Arabia is involved in Yemen.

He added that we would have welcomed Imam Kabba’s visit had it come in his personal capacity. He said that Saudi Arabia is trying to engage the people of different school of thoughts in Pakistan with an objective to influence them.

The Sunni leader said that Saudi embassy was also playing a negative role in arranging these meetings. “This is a direct involvement in the internal affairs of Pakistan,” he said.