Sunni leader backs Iranian nation against Saudi Wahhabis fatwa

Sunni leader Pir Syed Masoom Shah Naqvi who heads Jamiat Ulema Pakistan-Niazi group has condemned the Saudi Wahhabis fatwa against Iranian nation saying that fatwa or religious edict issued by Saudi clerics was provocative and shameful.

“Iranians are true lovers and followers of Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him), the last apostle and Prophet of God Almighty who played a great role against Zionism and imperialism,” he said adding that Iranians always worked to strengthen the unity of Muslim Ummah.

Pir Masoom Shah said that Saudi kingdom must not use derogatory language against Iran because of Kingdom’s differences with Iran on the issues of Bahrain, Yemen and Syria. He rejected dividing Muslim Ummah on the basis of sect and ethnicity. He said nobody would call Muslims as Muslims if the takfiri and ethnic bias prevailed.

He appreciated Iranian nation’s resistance to the hegemonic designs of United States, United Kingdom and Iranian support to Palestinians and Lebanese against the attacks of Zionist regime of Israel.   

“Saudi Kingdom fails to shoulder its responsibility vis-à-vis Hajj arrangements due to which pilgrims lost their lives,” he said citing the fall of a crane and stampede during Hajj rituals. He said that many injured pilgrims died due to negligence of Saudi officials.     

It is relevant to add here that a vast majority of Iranians are Shia Muslims and a Shia Islamic regime rules Iran while Saudi monarchy follows Wahhabism, an intolerant and extremist ideology which Sunni and Shia Muslims reject as un-Islamic.