Top Shia cleric hit out at Ashura attack against Malaysian Muslims

14 January, 2011 09:49

Top Shia cleric hit out at Ashura attack against Malaysian Muslims

Head of the World Forum for the Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought refers to the attack of the Ashura mourners in Malaysia and warns against the differences which might end in excommunication.According to Shiite News Agency, following the recent attacks on Ashura mourners in Selangor state of Malaysia, Iranian top cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Taskhiri in a letter asked religious leaders and top Â figures of the country to prevent the detained clerics to be tried on alleged accusations

In this letter addressed to Malaysian top figures including head of Jamiat Ulama and head of Muslim Unity community, Iranian senior cleric said,” What happened on the eve of Ashura was quite shocking to us all.”He asked the religious figures not to let the religious differences to accuse each other of excommunication and religious innovation and to bring division among Muslims.During the mourning ceremony of Imam Hussein (AS) in Hauzah ar Radah in state of Selangor, security forces raided the mourners arresting 200 mourners among them the local cleric as well as the visiting cleric from Iran.

The two clerics have been released on bail and will appear at a hearing to be held on January 20th.