MASHHAD- The Iranian security authorities have arrested some Sunni scholars in Khorasan Razawi province, eastern Iran in recent days.
According to the latest reports from “Taibad” city, with the Sunni majority population, the security officials detained three scholars at Friday night, 04 March 2011. There is no any information about the possible situation of detained Shaikh Molawi Adham Akhtari, Shaikh Mudhaffar and Shaikh Shamsullah Haydari.
‘Sunnionline’ has learnt that the Sunni citizens of “Taibad” wanted to take refuge in the grand mosque after Friday prayers protesting the unclear condition of ex-khateeb and imam in Taibad,
Sheikh Mawlana Muhammad Fadheli, but some religious leaders promised to negotiate with the concerned officials to discover Shaikh Fadheli who has been dismissed by force some weeks ago.
Meanwhile imam of “Masjid-un-Nabi” in Mashhad and teacher of “Tahfeedh-ul-Quran” section, Hafidh Abd-ur-Rasheed has been sent to prison last week on Sunday. He was summoned to the “Special Court for Clerics” of Mashhad where the authorities sent him to jail.
Hafidh Abd-ur-Rasheed was replacing the detained prominent Sunni khateeb and da’ee, Shaikh Abdul Ali Khairshahi who has been sentenced 54 months jail and 5 years exile.
The reason(s) of the arrest of the detained scholars is still unknown.
Source: Sunnionline