Head of the World Forum for the Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought, Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Taskhiri, condemned the attack on Ashura mourners in Malaysia and warned against the differences. Following the recent raid by security forces on an Ashura commemoration in the Selangor state of Malaysia, leading scholar Ayatollah Taskhiri asked religious leaders and top figures of the country, in a letter, to prevent the detained scholars to be tried on alleged accusations.In this letter addressed to Malaysian top figures including head of Jamiat Ulama and head of Muslim Unity community, the senior scholar said: "What happened on the eve of Ashura was quite shocking to us all." He also added: "On the pretext of the fatwa of Sheykh Al-Monadi, the religious official of Selangor - who accuses the Shia for having misguided beliefs - police forces attacked the mourning ceremony of Imam Hussein."
Ayatollah Taskhiri also asked religious figures not to let religious differences lead to accusations against each other of excommunication (takfir), religious innovation and thus result in greater divisions among Muslims. During the mourning ceremony of Imam Hussein (a) in Hauzah ar Radah in the state of Selangor, security forces raided the mourners arresting 200 mourners among them the local scholar as well as the visiting schoar from Iran. The two scholars have been released on bail and will appear at a hearing to be held on January 20th.
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Source: ABNA
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