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Monday, 29 September 2008

Al-Qaradawi’s Statement on Shiites

On Ramadan 13th,1429 A.H., September 13th, 2008, the semi-official Iranian news agency Muhr launched a furious attack against me, exceeding all limits and descending to very low levels, over a dialogue published by Al-Masri al-Youm newspaper about me .

This dialogue touched upon the subject of the Shiites and their doctrine. In this regard, I said: “I do not consider them as non-Muslims as do some of those who go to extremes. Rather, I regard them as Muslims, yet religiously innovative Muslims.

Furthermore, I warned of two serious issues as far as many Shiites are concerned: Cursing the Prophet’s Companions and invading the Sunni community with the Shiite doctrine given the great wealth at their disposal from which they assign millions, even hundreds of millions, for the achievement of this purpose.

Also, they have trained individuals capable of disseminating their doctrine. Ordinary Sunnis, on the other hand, have no cultural immunity against this invasion, as we, the Sunni scholars, have not armed them with a protective culture. This is because we usually avoid talking about these issues, even though we are well aware of them, for fear of causing fitnah (sedition) and out of keenness to maintain the unity of the Ummah.”

My words provoked the Iranian news agency. As a result, it acted irrationally and began directing its attacks toward me from every side.

Commenting on my position, the erudite scholar, Ayatollah Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, made a statement which astounded me, especially as it came from a person like him.

Also, commenting on my speech was Ayatollah Muhammad Ali Al-Taskhiri, my deputy at the International Union for Muslim Scholars, who uttered even stranger words. More

Al-Qaradawi's Statement on Shiites By Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi ...


Khalid Amayreh:

I don’t usually write on religious matters, especially Sunni-Shia affairs. However, I do believe that a clear and unmistakable message should be sent to Shiite circles in Iran and elsewhere, namely that Sunnis are not about to become Shiites and that public support for Iran and Hezbullah in some Sunni countries doesn’t indicate that Sunni Muslims are infatuated with the Shiite faith.

The Sunni masses do support Hezbullah because this is the right thing to do. Hezbullah after all is fighting Israel, the evil brat of Zionism which is the ultimate enemy of Islam and Muslims.

The same thing applies to public support for Iran against the Zionist-controlled American administration which is trying so hard to deprive Iran of its right to develop nuclear technology.

People, regardless of their religious affiliations, support just causes irrespective of other considerations.

However, Sunni support for Iran against American hegemony doesn’t mean that the Sunni masses, which constitute more than 90% of Muslims worldwide, are coming to terms with the despicable habit of cursing the Companions of Prophet Muhammed, such as Abu Bakr, Omar Ibn al Khattab and Othman Ibn Affan.

Let us be very clear about this, cursing the Sahaba, as far as Sunni Muslims are concerned, is and will always remain the ultimate redline. More

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