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Prominent Shia cleric supports Sunni revolution

July 3, 2014 at 11:54 am

Opposition Shia leader Ayatollah Mahmoud Al-Hassani Al-Sarkhi has announced his support for the revolution of the Sunni tribes in Iraq, insisting they have been “oppressed”.

Al-Sarkhi, who opposes outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki as well as Iran, said that he had warned of this revolution several years ago.

He insisted that this is a revolution of pure Iraqi Sunnis, not foreigners, referring to ISIS. He described the call by Al-Sistani to fight the rebels a “satanic Fatwa leading to bloodshed”.

The cleric called for the Sunni rebels not to take a sectarian pathway for their revolution and to be inclusive for all “the oppressed people”.

Comparing the Sunni community with the Shias, he said: “Like us, they have tribes, symbols, dignity, in addition to persistence.”

About the Iraqi army, he said that the Iraqi soldiers were brought up on sectarian bases, “not love of their country, nationality and conscience”. Most of them joined the army for the sake of the salary, he explained.

Al-Sarkhi called on the corrupt rulers to leave their positions and make room for those who deserve to rule on the basis of justice among people and citizens regardless to their sects. He predicted that the “worst” is yet to come.