{"id":3575,"date":"2014-04-24T16:52:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T16:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3575"},"modified":"2014-04-24T16:52:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T16:52:59","slug":"growth-of-sunnis-population-clamor-of-shia-extremists-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/04\/24\/3575\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth of Sunnis\u2019 Population &#038; Clamor of Shia Extremists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/ahlossunnah\/iran-sunni.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"268\" align=\"right\" \/>Provoking concerns regarding the increasing of Sunnis\u2019 population by radical outfits and circles is not a new issue; many Shia extremists have been striving to increase abhorring about Sunnis by reporting fake news, distorting facts and creating religious disputes in order to achieve their totalitarian purposes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The fanatic sides failed in repression Sunnis through magnifying some words and tools such as Wahhabism, excommunication (Takfir) and etc\u2026 now they provoke the concern of Shia clergy by another tool; yes, dramatic growth of Sunnis\u2019 population in Iran!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Some days ago, Nasser Rafee\u2019i, faculty member of Al-Mustafa Al-Alamiyah University, in a religious gathering, claiming the decline of Shia population and outreach of Sunnis population said: \u201cClerics have expressed concerns over the issue of population decline.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Before him, Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, one of the most influential Shia clerics demanded the formation of a workgroup to deal with the case of \u2018Sunnis\u2019 growing population\u2019. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In fact, Sunnis\u2019 population has not increased in recent years. Even, influenced by birth control policies; poverty and multiple deprivations in Sunni regions inclined the population of Sunni citizens in Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nasser Rafee\u2019i has claimed: \u201cIn Sunni dwelling places, men have four wives and forty children while rarely people accede to two or three wives in regions like Baluchistan.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The fact is that \u2018fact\u2019 has been secret about the real population of Sunnis in Iran by the authorities due to some policies. But now some statics leaked that made fanatics worried. Sunnis\u2019 population has not been announced and is still not officially announced but the release of some details show that uppermost Sunnis population has been more than what was unofficially declared even more than their own supposition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If the claim is correct, in such a country that claims the unity of Muslims, what is wrong about growing population of any of the Islamic sects? Why they are worried upon the growing number of Muslims? As alluding to false reports sent to some Shia clerics, Mawlana Abdol Hameed, Friday imam of Sunnis in Zahedan, said in one of his interviews: \u201cIf such statements are true that Sunnis are buying land and property in other cities of their countries, what is wrong? While they belong to this land; they have fought for it and became martyred, attended in all elections and political scenes, despite all deprivations and discriminations, they maintained solidarity and security.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another fact which should be considered in that, Sunnis\u2019 population in the country has not increased but many of them migrated from rural areas to urban town and cities. It is the result of severe drought continued for several years and has slightly changed the demographics in some small towns. This change was not so much to change the population equivalents of those cities because Sunnis have already been in majority in many of these cities. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The extremist groups claim the growth of Sunnis population while Daily Ettela\u2019at estimated Sunnis\u2019 population about a quarter of Iran\u2019s total population in 1980. After the revolution, Sunni masses fallowed the general policies of the officials. If a change is occurring in their demographics, it has been influenced by the overall policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u2018Making clear the population of various ethnic and religious groups\u2019 as well as \u2018notifying it via official sources\u2019 can end a lot of doubts and suspicions in this regard and it would determine the population status of each ethnic or religious groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Unfortunately, in our country many Sunnis are deprived from their real and legal rights confirmed in the national constitution. It underlines on equality and brotherhood of the ethnic communities and religions. Despite it, Shia and Sunni sects are behaved differently in recruitment and appointment. As well as, in official census papers, Shia and Sunni population demographic has been largely neglected.\u00a0 In addition to more abuse and discrimination, it makes some to use this as a tool to marginalize Sunnis in Iran more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Written &amp; approved by some Iranian Sunni elites<\/em><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>SunniOnline.us<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provoking concerns regarding the increasing of Sunnis\u2019 population by radical outfits and circles is not a new issue; many Shia extremists have been striving to increase abhorring about Sunnis by reporting fake news, distorting facts and creating religious disputes in order to achieve their totalitarian purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c97-distinctive-news-articles"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Growth of Sunnis\u2019 Population &amp; 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