Chairman of Iran's Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi[/caption]A senior Iranian lawmaker has slammed Saudi Arabia for supporting the extremist and deviant Salafist current in the Muslim world.
In a Tuesday interview, Chairman of Iran Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi condemned the recent killing of four Shia Muslims by Takfiri extremists in Egypt as a barbaric crime.
Boroujerdi attributed these crimes to a deviant current inside the Muslim world, saying, The Islamic Ummah should take the necessary measures to counter and prevent these deviations in the Muslim world, as such a mentality has been disseminated in Saudi Arabia for years, he added.
Saudi Arabia is the cradle of people with such deviant attitudes; they also have some centers in other Muslim countries which serve as platforms for killing innocent people in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt and other Muslim countries, the Iranian legislator pointed out.
This is while Riyadh has never condemned the killing of Muslims and the Saudi clergy has never issued any fatwa against such inhumane behaviors, Boroujerdi added.
He stressed that Saudi Arabia must be held accountable before the public opinion in the Muslims world, noting, Britain, as the origin of this deviant attitude, is now reaping the fruits.
On Sunday, a group of Takfiri extremists attacked the house of Shia cleric Sheikh Hassan Shehata in a village near Cairo in Giza Province.
The cleric and three of his followers were murdered after the house was surrounded by hundreds of people vowing to kill them for being Shias.
Their bodies were then dragged into the street by Takfiri extremists.
Takfiris believe that only their interpretation of Islam is correct and all other Muslims are unbelievers.
The Shia community is being targeted by Salafists, with the support of various countries, especially Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Shias, who form just one percent of Egypts population, are often attacked by extremist groups.
By Press TV
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