Good reply by the grand mufti. Iran always gets away with good propaganda against the saudis. But its always they (Iran) who draw the first blood as in this case . The Iranians know that sunnis around the world are ignorant about their religion and highly gullible and that many sunnis have justifiable resentment of the Saudi government and king. SO iranians and their western allies use this resentment to attack islam subtly under the garb of attacking "wahabism" and Saudis. Anti-"wahabi" jargons are simply attack on Islam and nothing else.
Never mind the fact that there is no such thing as "wahabis" , muslim should realize that what is being attacked in the name of attacking "wahabism" and saudi arabia is nothing but the very fundamental creed of Islam. Modesty , Hijab , Niqab , Beards , Hudood laws , inheritance laws , polygamy , prohibition of free mixing and music , prohibition of alcohol, marriage laws , divorce laws etc etc are NOT just "wahabi" doctrines BUT
very basic Islamic doctrines and Part and parcel of islam.
Check this Alzazerra debate where editor of one of the most prominent news paper of France , Renaud Girard is continuously bashing "wahabism" and hanbali school in an attempt to defend the french bigotry against muslims.
He is saying its all fault of "wahabism" and Hanbalites as he puts it. According to him mainstream orthodox Islam = "Wahabism" = Militancy= Terrorism. That is the line of argument that is being used now by the west and many gullible muslims are ignorantly buying it and this is abundantly clear in social networking sites including this forum.
But Renaud Girard considers Shiaism to be "very good" and "enlightening" while Hanifi, Shafi , Maliki schools are still "problematic" ( Note- there is 0 difference between Hanbali/ "wahabi" and the other 3 sunni schools when it comes to the basic pillars and tenets of islam).
@Apprentice @alarabi @Decisive Storm @Suff Shikan Check this ALzazerra interview if you have time.
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes...grated-french-secularism-160829190347592.html
Virulent anti- "wahabism" is just euphemism for anti-islamic bigotry and direct attack on Islam .
As for whether shias are muslim or not ,
well NOT all shais are kafir. There is a spectrum within shiaism and many within that spectrum falls outside the fold of islam. Listen to these two famous contemporary sunni scholars:
People should look into what Khomeini (the father of modern iran) wrote in his book about the sahabas , sunni islamic creed and the very basic islamic concept of tawhid and then decide whether Khomeini's ilk has anything to do with islam or not. So yeah when it comes to the iranians leadership and Khomeini's ilk , the Saudi Mufti is absolutely right.
Great, people searching the deep space while muslims fight about whose whistle blow louder
All sunni empires and caliphates including the ottoman caliphate had similar stance as this saudi cleric against people who revile the beloved companions and wives of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The companions of the prophet are our role models and the wives of the prophet has the elevated status of
mothers of the muslims. One of the central creed of twelver shias (Raafidis) is based on reviling such beloved and respected islamic figures and personalities. Ottomans didn't only defend muslim lands from the jews and the christians but also from the safavids who were worse than fatimids , whose treachery against the muslims are well documented. Remember Iran used to be part of the sunni muslim world before these safavids committed a
GENOCIDE.
This is what Erdogan has to say about Shias. You should praise Allah (swt) for granting you such a good leader who understands what rafidis are: