How The Sunnis Are Faring In Iran?
MONTHLY "AL-HAQ", AKHORA KHATTAK, PESHAWAR IN ITS
ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 1982 PUBLISHED AN INTERVIEW OF A
SUNNI ALIM OF IRAN BY THE NAME SHAIKH MUHAMMAD BIN
SALEH ZIAI. THE INTERVIEW UNDERTHE TITLE" IRANIAN
REVOLUTION AND THE SUNNI MINORITY OF IRAN" BEINGS:
"THE OFFICIAL RELIGION OF IRAN IS SHIAISM. IT IS
BECAUSE OF THIS THAT THE OFFICIALS OF THE GOVERNMENT
DO NOT PAY ANY HEAD TO THE RELIGION OF ALHE-SUNNAH. IT
WAS FELT NECESSARY THAT BOTH THE GROUPS (I.E. SHIA AND
SUNNIS) SHOULD LIVE WITH SUCH AN HONOUR THAT THEY MAY
LOOK LIKE ONE NATION. HOWEVER, THE REALITY IS AGAINST
THIS. WE (SUNNIS) BELIEVE THAT HAZRAT ABU BAKAR, UMAR
AND USMAN ARE AMONG THE MOST SINCERE AND PRESTIGEOUS
PERSONALITIES OF ISLAM AND THEY WILL ENTER PARADISE IN
THE COMPANY OF PROPHET (SAW). AS AGAINST THIS, THE
SHI'AS REGARD THEM (GOD FORBID) AS INHABITANTS OF
HELL."
SHAIKH ZIAI HAS ALSO SAID IN THE COURSE OF INTERVIEW:
"IT IS TRUE THAT EXCEPT FOR HAZRAT ALI, HASAN, HUSSAIN
AND THE IMAMS (OF SHIA), THE GOVERNMENT APPROVES THE
PRACTICE OF VILLYFYING AND ABUSING SAHABA (COMPANIONS
OF THE PROPHET (SAW). THE REVOLUTIONARIES EVEN
SYSTAMATICALLY DISTRIBUTED TRACTS AND PAMPHLETS IN
SEVERAL TOWNS/VILLAGES WHICH CLEARLY INSULTED AND
DISHONOURED THE SAHABA. WHEN THE SUNNIS COMPLAINED TO
THE OCCICIALS OF THE GOVERNMENT THEN SIMPLY THE
DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH OBJECTIONABLE PAMPHLETS WAS
BANNED IN THE SUNNI AREAS (OF IRAN). HERE ONE CANNOT
DENY THE BITTER REALITY THAT THE SHIA CONTINUE TO HOLD
SAHABA AS SHEATS, TREACHEROUS, IMPIOUS, SINFUL,
IRRELIGIOUS AND INHABITANTS OF HELL." (P. 21).
SAHABA WHO ARE SUBJECTED TO ABUSE BY THE REVOLUTIONARY
REGIME OF KHOMENI - THEY ARE OBLIGED TO DO SO UNDER
THEIR BELIEF OF IMAMATE WHICH IS THE CENTRAL CORE OF
SHIAISM.
THIS IS THE BLUE-PRINT OF THE SO-CALLED 'JUST SYSTEM'
OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION WHICH KHOMENI WANTED TO
EXPORT TO MUSLIM COUNTRIES TO WHICH CERTAIN ISLAMIC
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE DEFUNCT JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI OF
PAKISTAN ARE COMMITTED. THAT IS THE REASON WHY SHIA
WHO ARE ONLY 2 1/2%1 OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF
PAKISTAN ARE DOMINATING IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE. THEY
MAKE TALL CLAIMS ABOUT THEIR NUMBERICAL STRENGTH IN
ORDER TO HOODWINK THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND PRESSURISE
THE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE THEM MORE REPRESENTATION IN THE
SERVICES ETC., ALTHOUGH THEY ARE ALREADY OCCUPYING
SEVERAL KEY POSITIONS IN THE GOVERNMENT. THEIR
PROPORTION TO SENIOR POSTS IN ARMED FORCES AND CIVIL
SERVICES ETC. FAR EXCEEDS THEIR NUMBERICCAL PERCENTAGE
YET THEY HAVE THE AUDACITY TO AGITATE FOR MORE
REPRESENTATION AT THE COST OF SUNNI MAJORITY! BESIDES
OTHER FACTORS, ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY SHIAS
REFUSED TO PAY OBLIGATORY ZAKAT ENFORCED BY THE
GOVERNMENT ACCORDING TO INFORMED CIRCLES WAS THAT
SHI'AS ARE EXTREMELY RICH IN PAKISTAN AS MANY OF THEM
ARE WELL ENTRENCHED IN BUSINESS AND TRADE ETC. AND BY
PAYING ZAKAT NOT ONLY THEIR ASSETS WILL BE EXPOSED TO
PUBLIC GAZE BUT ALSO WOULD NOT LIKE TO PART WITH ANY
AMOUNT OF THEIR FABOLOUS WEALTH UNDER THE NAME OF
ZAKAT, YET THEY DARE TO SPIT VENOM AGAINST THE
RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPH ( ) SAHABA AND WIVES OF THE
PROPHET (SAW). THIS SHOULD SERVE AS AN EYE-OPENER TO
THOSE WHO ADVOCATE SHIA-SUNNI UNITY & CONFER THE TITLE
OF 'ISLAMIC REVOLUTION' TO THE KHOMENI'S DRIVE FOR
POWER AND DOMINATION WHICH IS BASED ON CONTEMPT AND
HATRED FOR BELOVED SAHABAH OF THE BLESSED PROPHET
(SAW).
A DELEGATION OF WORLD ISLAMIC MISSION WHICH VISITED
IRAN AT THE INVITATION OF WORLD CONFERENCE HELD IN
TEHRAN ON 28TH DECEMBER, 1982 HAS REPORTED US UNDER:
(1) THERE ARE HALF A MILLION SUNNI MUSLIMS IN TEHRAN
BUT SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PERMITTED TO BUILD THEIR
OWN MASJID ALTHOUGH THERE ARE 12 CHRISTIAN CHURCHES,
TWO HINDU TEMPLES, 2 JEWISH SYNEGOGNES AND 2 TEMPLES
OF MAGINS (FIRE-WORSHIPPERS) BUT THE SUNNI MUSLIMS DO
NOT HAVE A SINGLE MASJID!
(2) DURING THE REIGN OF SHAH THE SUNNI MUSLIMS USED TO
OFFER EID PRAYERS IN A PARK BUT SINCE THE REVOLUTION,
THE SUNNI-MUSLIMS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OFFER EID PRAYERS
IN THE PARK AS ARMED GUARDS HAVE BEEN POSTED TO BAN
ENTRY THERE.
(3) SUNNI MUSLIMS FEEL CONSTRAINED TO OFFER JUMA
PRAYERS AT THE CAMPUS OF TEHRAN UNIVERSITY BEHIND THE
SHIA IMAM OR OFFER JUMA PRAYERS IN THE PAKISTAN
EMBASSY ONLY.
(4) SUNNI MUSLIMS ARE NEITHER PERMITTED TO HOLD A
GATHERING FOR DAWAH AND TABLIGH PURPOSES NOR THEY CAN
FORM AN ORGANISATION OF THIER OWN. LATELY A
CONSULTATIVE BODY OF AHLE-SUNNAH IN IRAN WAS FORMED
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAULANA ABDUL AZIZ, A GRADUATE
FROM DEOBAND (INDIA) BUT THE KHOMENI REGIME OUTLAWED
IT.
(5) SUNNI MUSLIM ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PUBLISH THEIR
RELIGIOUS BOOKS. DURING THE DAYS OF SHAH THEY USED TO
IMPORT SUCH BOOKS FROM PAKISTAN BUT KHOMENI REGIME HAS
PLACEED SEVERE RESTRICTIONS ON THIS FACILITY.
(6) AHLE-SUNNAH COMPRISE 35% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION
OF IRAN BUT IN THIS SO-CALLED DEMOCRACY THERE ARE ONLY
27 SUNNI MUSLIM MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT ALTHOUGH IN
TERMS OF THEIR NUMBERICAL STRENTH THIS PROPORTION
SHOULD BE MUCH HIGHER.
(7) THE PERCENTAGE OF AHLE-SUNNAH IN COUNTRY'S
ADMINISTRATION AND JUDICIARY IS ALMOST ZERO.
AHLE-SUNNAH HAS NO REPRESENTATION WHATSOEVER IN THESE
VITAL ORGANS OF THE STATE.
(8) THERE ARE 95% SUNNI MUSLIMS IN THE PROVINCE OF
ZAHIDAN BUT OUT OF 500 TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
THERE ARE ONLY 34 SUNNI MUSLIM TEACHERS; THE REST ARE
ALL SHIAS SO THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF TEACHING AND
PREACHING THE SUNNI CHILDREN MAY BE EASILY CONVERTED
TO SHIASM. THE PREVIOUS SYALLABUS HAS BEEN CHANGED AND
THE NEW SYALLABUS HAS BEEN FRAMED ON THE BASIS OF SHIA
BELIEFS AND PRACTICES.
(SOURCE: NIDA-E-MILLAT, LUCKNOW DATED 4TH APRIL 1983,
WHAT WE SAW IN IRAN).
WHILE THE SHIAS IN PAKISTAN HAVE HUNDREDS OF IMAMBARAS
IN PAKISTAN AND ARE DOMINATING IN ARMY, GOVERNMENT AND
BUSINESS, THE SUNNI MUSLIMS WHO ARE 35% OF THE TOTAL
POPULATION OF IRAN ARE EVEN DENIED OF THEIR
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS. THOUSANDS OF SUNNI MUSLIMS IN
KURDISTAN AND IRANIAN BALUCHISTAN AND OTHER PROVINCES
HAVE BEEN GUNNED DOWN BY THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS WHO
CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS THE (SUPREME LORD) OF THE
REVOLUTION. INNUMBERABLE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN HAVE
BEEN BURNT ALIVE. THE RASCALS OF REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS
HAVE UNLEASHED A REIGN OF KIDNAP AND TERROR ON THE
WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF AHLE-SUNNAH IN BALUCHISTAN,
KURDISTAN, SAHARAH TURKUMAN, GULF PORTS AND KHURASAN.
THE SUNNI YOUTH HAD BEEN ARRESTED ON THE FALSE CHARGE
OF INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNIST SUBVERSION. THESE YOUTH
ARE NOW LANGUISHING IN JAILS AND THIS IN FACT IS THE
REAL GOAL OF KHOMENI'S REVOLUTION.
THE SUNNI MUSLIMS HAVE ONLY THREE ALTERNATIVES IN
IRAN:
(i) THEY ACCEPT THE SHIA RELIGION OR OPPOSE ITS
ENCROACHMENTS.
(ii) IN CASE OF REFUSAL TO ACCEPT SHIA RELIGION, THEY
EITHER GET KILLED OR FLED AWAY.
(iii) OR LIVE AS PRISONERS IN IRAN FOR THE REST OF
THEIR LIVES.
THE AHLE-SUNNAH OF IRAN HAVE MADE AN APPEAL TO THEIR
CORELIGIONISTS ABROAD TO COME TO THEIR RESCUE AND SAVE
THEM FROM ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION AND RELIGIOUS AND
CULTURAL EXTERMINATION.
THE ABOVE IS A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE TREATMENT
METED OUT TO SUNNI MUSLIMS IN IRAN. SELF-STYLED
PROPAGANDA (ON WHICH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE BEING
SPENT LAVISHLY BY THE THE IRANIAN AUTHORITIES) CANNOT
TURN KUFR INTO ISLAM, OPPRESSION DOES NOT BECOME
JUSTICE AND DARKNESS CANNOT BE CALLED LIGHT!
AN IRANIAN PAPER 'AL-JIHAD" IN ITS ISSUE DATED 13TH
AUGUST 1984 PROTESTED OVER THE ALLEGED HARSH TREATMENT
METED OUT TO THE AHMADI MUSLIMS (?) IN PAKISTAN BY ITS
MILITARY REGIME WHICH IS FORCING THEM TO MIGRATE TO
FOREIGN LANDS. THE PAPER OPPOSING THE ORDINANCE
PROMULGATED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN ON 26TH
APRIL, 1984 WHICH FORBIDS QADIANIS (AHMADIES) TO CALL
THEMSELVES MUSLIMS OR ISLAMIC TITLES ETC. INSISTED
THAT THE QADIANIS NOT BE DECLARED OUTSIDE THE PALE OF
ISLAM. THE AFORESAID PAPER WHICH IS PUBLISHED UNDER
THE SUPERVISION OF KHOMENI REGIME AMPLY DEMONSTRATE
THE VIEW-POINT OF IRANIANS IN THE CONTEXT OF FINALITY
OF PROPHETHOOD. THIS GOES TO SHOW THAT KUFR OR BATIL
SECTS HAVE MUTUAL SYMPATHIES FOR EACH OTHER. TRUELY
THE RASUL-ALLAH (SAW) HAS SAID: "ALL THE DISBELIEVERS
ARE ONE NATION."
NOTES
FOR DETILED ANALAYSIS OF SHIA POPULATION, PLEASE SEE
THE URDU PAMPHLET SWAD-E-AZAM AHLE-SUNNAH, CENTRAL
SECRETARIAT, HASHMI CENTRE, SADDAR KARACHI (PAKISTAN)
TEL : 526523).
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