The eminent Sunni scholar, Shaikh-ul-Islam Mawlana Abdol-Hameed Ismaeelzahi, has stated, ‘The Iranian Sunni community is not greedy for power in the country rather it wants honor and respect,’ he was talking to tens of thousands Sunnis gathered on the occasion of 21st annual graduation ceremony of Darululoom Zahedan.

Iran, Kurdistan- The authorities of the Intelligence Ministry and Hamadan-based Special Court for Clergy have summoned Kaak Hasan Amini, Mufti and Shar’ee Judge of Iranian Kurdistan.

Some days ago, Molawi Eshaq Madani, advisor to the Iranian president in Sunnis’ affairs, expressed his views over the circumstances of the Sunni community in Iran before a media delegation of Egypt. Teachers of Darululoom Zahedan decried his statements refusing his claims strongly in a lucid letter.

Dozens of students from various Sunni seminaries of Sistan-Baluchistan participated in the 14th annual competition of discourses, essays, poetry and internal journals. It was held on Wednesday, 9 May 2012, which was continued till next day.

Iran, Raask- The Iranian Police and security men opened fire on protestors in the Sunni-dominated city of Raask, south Baluchistan, killing at least a man where two others were injured on Monday, May 14, 2012.

Iran, Tehran- The authorities of the 25th Tehran International Book Fair sealed display stalls of three Iranian Sunni publishers in final days of the book fair.

Iran, Zahedan: Mawlana Abdol-Hameed Ismaeelzahi, the most outstanding Sunni leader of the Iranian Sunni community, talked about the issue of Pakistan’s Balochistan in his latest Friday sermon urging that kidnapping people and throwing their mutilated corpses can not be the solution for the ongoing crises of Balochistan.

Tehran, Iran- The authorities of the 25th Tehran International Book Fair have forbidden two popular and active publishers of the Iranian Sunni community, Seddiqi and Farooq-e-A’dham, to put on display their products during the ten day fair.

Students of different universities of Iran gathered last week in the Grand Makki mosque and Darululoom Zahedan, Iran, to meet Islamic scholars and intellectuals. The theme of the meeting was “15th (Qamari) Century; Rise of Islamic Awakening & Justice-seeking, Wane of Despotism & Dictatorship”, that started its scheduled programs on Thursday morning, April 26, 2012.

Khateeb of Ahl-us-Sunnah in Zahedan, Shaikh Abdol-Hameed Ismaeelzahi, initiated his latest Friday sermon by reading the Qur’anic verse: «قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لاَ تَغْلُواْ فِي دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ وَلاَ تَتَّبِعُواْ أَهْوَاء قَوْمٍ قَدْ ضَلُّواْ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَضَلُّواْ كَثِيرًا وَضَلُّواْ عَن سَوَاء السَّبِيلِ» [مائده: 77] pointing out to anniversary of Sayyidah Fatima’s demise, may Allah be […]