*I always prefer the national interest, then the interests of the Sunni community [of Iran].

AA: Maulana Abdolhamid, popularly known Shaikh al-Islam Maulana Abdolhamid among the Iranian Sunnis, is one of the outstanding and most influential figures of the Sunni community in Iran. The people of Baluchistan, southeastern Iran, know him as the Friday imam of “Grand Makki Mosque” and president-rector of “Darululoom Zahedan”.

Mawlana Mohammad Hassan Barfi, Friday Imam and rector of the Islamic seminary in Tabas-Masinâ, is one of the old-line and reputable Ūlamâ/Islamic scholars in the province of South Khorâsân.

SunniOnline: absence of the most influential Iranian Sunni leader, Shaikh Abdol-Hamid Isma’eelzahi in the second inauguration ceremony of the president Hassan Rouhani has had a worldwide coverage with reactions from different circles. Both Shia and Sunni personalities and many members of the Iranian parliament also criticized the government and the executive board of the parliament […]

The rector of Darululoom Zahedan pointed out to important points about the curriculum of Islamic seminaries in the Indian sub-continent and their followers in Iran and other countries.

He has 16 million followers on Facebook, 150,000 on Twitter and has given more than 4,000 lectures on Islam across the world. But Zakir Abdul Karim Naik, the popular televangelist and Islamic preacher, is now wanted by the Indian authorities.

SunniOnline| Tens of thousands Iranian Sunnis have gathered at the biggest congregation of the Iranian Sunni community to take part in the graduation ceremony of Darululoom Zahedan.

Syria’s war has killed just over 320,000 people since it erupted six years ago, a monitor said Monday, noting that a fragile ceasefire had helped to slow the rising death toll.

The national gathering of the Sunni students of Iranian universities to meet their scholars and Ulama has been held at Darululoom Zahedan, the biggest Islamic and cultural institute of the Iranian Sunni community.

Because they have the youngest median age (30) of all religious groups, Muslims are the fastest-growing such group in the world, and by 2050, India will be the country with the world’s largest Muslim population, said American think tank Pew Research Centre, this week.