Sunni imams and Friday Khateebs of different provinces in Iran have demanded Iranian authorities to focus on resolving the problems of the Sunni community in the 39th anniversary of the revolution.
\nIn Zahedan, the center of Iranian Balochistan, Shaikh Abdol-Hamid said: \u201cOur domestic and foreign policies should be revised. They are effective policies and we can overcome the ongoing economic crisis and the rest of problems by reforming and revising the policies and strategies.\u201d
\n\u201cCorruption and discrimination are threats for the existence of the state and revolution. Corrupt officers should be replaced with honest ones. Discrimination regarding ethnic and religious sects also should be eliminated completely,\u201d the most influential Iranian Sunni leader said.<\/p>\n
Mawlana Mohammad Usman Khashi, the Sunni Khateeb in Khash city urged on removal of discriminations against the Sunni community and providing them religious freedom.
\nHe said: \u201cIf the followers of Shia sect are free, the same freedom should be for Sunnis, too. If Shias can build mosques freely, the Sunni citizens also should not face obstacles anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
None of authorities can interfere in religious affairs<\/strong> In Khorasan province, Shaikh Habib-ur-Rahman Motahhari termed \u2018justice\u2019, \u2018removal of discriminations\u2019 and \u2018engagement of Sunnis in managing the country\u2019 the most important ways to confront the conspiracies of the enemies. In the west of Iran, the famous Kurdish Sunni scholar, Mullah Qader Qaderi talked to Sunni worshipers in Paveh city and urged on reviewing of policies and removal of weak points. Shaikh Sayyid Abdol-Baa\u2019ith Qattali, Sunni Khateeb in Bandar Abbas city (southern Iran) said in his Friday sermon: \u201cIranian Sunnis have no undue demands, but still some officials deny to ensure Sunnis\u2019 rights because of their narrow minds.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunni imams and Friday Khateebs of different provinces in Iran have demanded Iranian authorities to focus on resolving the problems of the Sunni community in the 39th anniversary of the revolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c58-ahl-al-sunna-in-iran"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nFrom the north of Iran, Azadshahr city of Golestan province Mawlana Mohammad Hussein Gorgij criticized the closure of some prayer-houses of the Sunni community in Mashhad and said: \u201cIt is regrettable to witness closure of prayer-houses and Qur\u2019anic schools in Iran after almost 4 decades from the birth of Islamic revolution.\u201d
\nThe president of Darululoom Farouqia urged on independence of Islamic seminaries and said: \u201cShia and Sunni Ulama agree upon it that mosques, prayer-houses and Qur\u2019anic schools should be run by Ulama. Governments have no right to interfere in religious affairs even Islamic states. During history mosques and Islamic schools were independent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe rector president of Ahnaf seminary of Khaaf city said: \u201cThe maintenance of the revolution is unity, fraternity, justice, removal of discriminations and participation of different sects in the management of the country and taking care of due rights of all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe one who becomes 40 years old and he does not review his mindset, his reformation is difficult. Our revolution has been near to 40 years; so the top authorities should remove the weak policies and review their strategies,\u201d he added more.<\/p>\n