Shias showed their huge support for the unity of Muslim Ummah and stability of Pakistan in a huge public meeting held at Nishtar Park on Sunday under the aegis of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen. Multitudes of people were seen around lanes and streets up to MA Jinnah Road on this occasion. Flags were fluttering amid the slogans of ‘Labbaik Ya Hussain’. Participants included a huge number of women, men, children and senior citizens. The public meeting was huge and well organised. Participants raised slogans and lifted portraits of their leaders and martyrs. “We shall not support those political parties in the elections who secured votes from Pakistani Shia Muslims but remained silent on genocide of Shia Muslims,” MWM Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jaffri said. He said that Shias have decided to vote for those who side with Shias in hardships. Allama Nayyar Mustafavi of MWM Gilgit Chapter said that government was helpless against terrorists. He said that charter of demands of Gilgit Baltistan province must be accepted and government should honour its assurances and promises. Otherwise responsibility of the consequences would lie on the government itself. Hashim Mousavi of MWM Balochistan chapter said that genocide of Shias in Balochistan province is a slap in the face of the government and agencies. He demanded immediate and concrete steps be taken to stop genocide of Shias. Abdul Khaliq Asadi of Punjab chapter of the MWM said that genocide of Shias go unabated in Punjab province. Allama Amin Shaheedi and Allama Hasan Zafar Naqvi said that Shias are loyal citizens of Pakistan but they were treated step-motherly. Allama Abbas Kumaili of Jafferia Alliance said that superior courts took notice of slaps but unfortunately they didn’t take notice of genocide of 8,000 Shia Muslims in Pakistan so far. A woman wing’s official Khwahar Nishat Zehra Abidi also spoke. She said that mothers and sisters were also united for the sake of great cause. Allama Mirza Yousuf Hussain of Shia action committee also spoke on this occasion. He said “Pakistan’s stability and unity of Ummah is the theme of today’s public meeting and we have proved it at Nishtar Park that there is no difference in this great cause”
Friday, 30 March 2012
Ayatollah Sistani Calls for Unity and Instructs Shias to Protect their Sunni Brothers
Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, the highest Shia authority in Iraq, called on Shia Muslims to defend the political and social rights of the Sunnis before defending their own rights. Sayyed Sistani’s calls for unity came as a delegation consisting of prominent Sunni scholars and leaders from across Iraq arrived at his office in the southern Iraqi city of Al-Najaf to further the cause of unity and promote collective efforts to defuse sectarian tension within Iraq. Under the title of “the first national conference of Shias and Sunnis” the event kicked off Tuesday with several leading Shia leaders such as; Ayatollah Mohammad Saeed Al-Hakim, Ayatollah Ishaq Al-Fayyadh and Ayatollah Bashir Al-Najafi, in attendance. Sayyed Sistani also warned against the plans of the enemies who wish to plant seeds of discord among Iraqis.
Iraq’s top Shia cleric has renewed his call for an end to sectarian violence
in the country and for Sunni and Shia Muslims to unite.
Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s calls for unity came as a group of Sunni
and Shia clerics met in the holy city of Najaf in a bid to stem violence in the
war-torn country. A delegation consisting of leading figures from the Sunni
Association of Muslim Scholars as well as prominent Sunni scholars and leaders
from across Iraq arrived at the office of Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani in the southern
Iraqi city of Al-Najaf to further the cause of unity and promote collective
efforts to defuse sectarian tension within Iraq.
Under the title of "the first national conference of Shias and Sunnis" the event
kicked off Tuesday with several prominent Shia leaders including; Ayatollah Mohammad
Saeed Al-Hakim, Ayatollah Ishaq Al-Fayyadh and Ayatollah Bashir Al-Najafi, in
attendance.
Ayatollah Al-Sistani, the highest Shia authority in Iraq, called on Shia Muslims
to defend the political and social rights of the Sunnis before defending their
own rights.
"I am a servant of all Iraqis … I love everyone as religion is love … I
wonder how enemies could split between Islamic sects", the statement said
quoting al-Sistani.
"These meetings between the Shia and Sunni scholars are important and useful as
there are no real differences between Shias and Sunnis, yet there are
philological differences that exist even inside the same sect.
"We are united under one Kaaba, prayers and fasting.
"I am with all Iraqis when demanding their rights and will not prefer one to
another as Shias and Sunnis are equal."
Meanwhile, chief of the southern Iraq branch of the Baghdad-based Association of
Muslim Scholars Khalid Al-Mulla hailed the conference as "a new opportunity for
exchanging views and unifying the ranks of Iraqi Sunnis and Shiites." "We
believe that some major powers targeted the Iraqi national unity and used armed
groups such as Al-Qaeda, to perpetrate violent attacks against Samarra, Karbala,
Talafar and elsewhere," he added.
Sayyed Sistani also warned those in attendance to guard against the plans of the
enemies who wish to plant seeds of discord among Iraqis.
The visiting delegation voiced their full support of Sayyed Sistani’s stance and announced the importance of the conference.
Iraq’s top Shia cleric has renewed his call for an end to sectarian violence
in the country and for Sunni and Shia Muslims to unite.
Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s calls for unity came as a group of Sunni
and Shia clerics met in the holy city of Najaf in a bid to stem violence in the
war-torn country. A delegation consisting of leading figures from the Sunni
Association of Muslim Scholars as well as prominent Sunni scholars and leaders
from across Iraq arrived at the office of Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani in the southern
Iraqi city of Al-Najaf to further the cause of unity and promote collective
efforts to defuse sectarian tension within Iraq.
Under the title of "the first national conference of Shias and Sunnis" the event
kicked off Tuesday with several prominent Shia leaders including; Ayatollah Mohammad
Saeed Al-Hakim, Ayatollah Ishaq Al-Fayyadh and Ayatollah Bashir Al-Najafi, in
attendance.
Ayatollah Al-Sistani, the highest Shia authority in Iraq, called on Shia Muslims
to defend the political and social rights of the Sunnis before defending their
own rights.
"I am a servant of all Iraqis … I love everyone as religion is love … I
wonder how enemies could split between Islamic sects", the statement said
quoting al-Sistani.
"These meetings between the Shia and Sunni scholars are important and useful as
there are no real differences between Shias and Sunnis, yet there are
philological differences that exist even inside the same sect.
"We are united under one Kaaba, prayers and fasting.
"I am with all Iraqis when demanding their rights and will not prefer one to
another as Shias and Sunnis are equal."
Meanwhile, chief of the southern Iraq branch of the Baghdad-based Association of
Muslim Scholars Khalid Al-Mulla hailed the conference as "a new opportunity for
exchanging views and unifying the ranks of Iraqi Sunnis and Shiites." "We
believe that some major powers targeted the Iraqi national unity and used armed
groups such as Al-Qaeda, to perpetrate violent attacks against Samarra, Karbala,
Talafar and elsewhere," he added.
Sayyed Sistani also warned those in attendance to guard against the plans of the
enemies who wish to plant seeds of discord among Iraqis.
The visiting delegation voiced their full support of Sayyed Sistani’s stance and announced the importance of the conference.
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