(AhlulBaytNewsAgency) - In the occasion of Unity Week, Al Mostafa public meetings have been holding in more than 10 countries in Middle East, and 12 Iranian cities. In one important gathering in Zahedan, an Iranian city with Sunni majority population, tens of tribal leaders and scholars from both Shiite and Sunnis participate, Mehr News reported.Attending in this meeting were Mowlavi Abdolhamid Ismail Zehi, a prominent Sunni Cleric of Sistan and Baluchistan, Ayatollah Abbas Ali Suleimani, the Supreme Leaders representative in the province, Hojatoleslam Barati, Mowlavi Abdurrahman Mohebbi, religious lecturer in Makki Mosque religious Madras, Zahedan, and large multitudes of lovers of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
Sunni Cleric: Iran, a pioneer in Muslim unity
Mowlavi Abdorrahman Mohebbi pointed to blessings of the Islamic Revolution, and added that today, unity is the only major target by enemies of Islam. They want to break the unity for their own interests.
Imams [Khomeini] Coming was a divine will to establish a new ring of connection in Iran for world Muslims. Imam [Khomeini] stood against tyranny and blasphemy, by calling for Muslims to unity, religious lecturer in Makki Mosque religious Madrasa of Zahedan added.
He continued today, the lost commodity in Islam Ummah is unity, and truly, if we hold fast to the Rope of Allah (Quran), and do not be divided, we will succeed.
Zahedan Shiite Friday Prayer Imam: Unity is Qurans explicit principle
Ayatollah Abbas Ali Suleimani also asserted that unity of us as Muslims is Qurans explicit principle and there are many verses on unity. If we do not practice their content, we will be in blasphemy.
He maintained that Muslims did not have tactical unity, adding that if we hold fast to the Rope of Allah (Quran), we will be not divided. In division rests Gods reproof, His blessing in unity.
Zahedans Shiite Friday Prayer Imam also said that Imam [Khomeini] has named the week when Prophet Muhammad was born (Rabi' al-awwal, 12th for Sunnis, 17th for Shiites) as Unity Week.
By ABNA
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