The\nmost influential Iranian Sunni leader criticized the Indian new citizenship bill\nin his Friday speech of Dec 27, 2019 and believed that the recent Indian\ncitizenship law was an obvious discrimination and insult against all Muslims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mawlana Abdol-Hamid called on all governments and states to combat oppression and discrimination in order to create harmony and unity among different cultures all over the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor\nso many years India has been a model country in freedom of speech and democracy,\nbut unfortunately today Muslims are suffering in India since the extremist Prime\nMinister Narendra Modi has taken power\u201d, president of Darululoom Zahedan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith\nelecting Narendra Modi as the prime minster\nof India, Kashmir\u2019s autonomy, that has been lasted for decades, was removed and\nrecently a discriminatory citizenship law was passed in India that excludes Muslims\nfrom citizenship rights.\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shaikh\nAbdol-Hamid said if India refuses to accept immigrants from other countries as citizens,\nthis law should be equal for Muslims and non-Muslims not to accept only\nnon-Muslims as citizens and reject Muslims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He urged:\n\u201cThe recent Indian citizenship law is an obvious discrimination against Muslims\nin India and humiliation of all Muslims around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy\nModi does not use wisdom and he wants make unsafe and insecure by his decisions?\u201d\nhe questioned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mawlana Abdol-Hamid suggested and said: \u201cI\u2019d like to advise all Indians, Muslim and non-Muslim leaders to keep their country safe and maintain its stability\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nFriday Imam of Sunnis in Zahedan pointed out to the consequences of\ndiscrimination and said that discrimination causes insecurity in every country\nand society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUse of force and arm to maintain security is\na wrong policy; it is justice which eliminates discrimination and creates\nsecurity in societies\u201d, the Iranian Sunnis leader said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nsaid that discrimination is not only condemned in Islam but it is also rejected\nby international laws, because discrimination is against the interest of\nnations and states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mawlana\nAbdol-Hamid further called on governments to confront injustice and tyranny \u201cat\nleast for their own interests\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is impossible to bring unity and provide\nsecurity only by words and slogan without taking practical steps. The ground of\nslogans is so short\u201d, he added more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
China and Myanmar\u2019s crimes against Muslims are\ninhumane <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nFriday Imam of Sunnis in Zahedan criticized China and Myanmar\u2019s crimes against\nMuslims in East Turkestan\/Xinjiang\nprovince and said that the crimes which they have committed in Xinjiang are shameful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mawlana\nAbdol-Hamid questioned why leaders of Myanmar and china are violating human\nrights? <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCommitting\nsuch a crime is contrary to human nature. It shows when people go against their\nnature, how brutal they become\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heads\nof Islamic countries cannot defend Muslims due to disputes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of his speech, Mawlana Abdol-Hamid\nregretted on the weakness of Islamic countries in defending Muslims around the\nworld and said: \u201cAlthough the leaders of Islamic countries maybe able to defend\nMuslim rights , they reject to do this regarding their interests and due to their\ndifferences and disputes\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToday\nnon-Muslims defend oppressed Muslims in some areas while Muslims do not defend\ntheir Muslim brothers\u201d, the Imam of Grand Makki mosque said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\nput our trust in Allah; He is sufficient for us and He defends Muslims and\nmakes their situation better\u201d, he wished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThe recent Indian citizenship law is an obvious discrimination against Muslims in India and humiliation of all Muslims around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,31,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-c58-ahl-al-sunna-in-iran","category-c102-muslim-minorities"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n