Iran’s Sunnis, Saudi’s Shias; a Fair Comparison

[explorer9]

Keep the discussion focused on Saudi Arabia and Iran ..

We don't even tease our Sunni brothers about their religion in Iran. When I was in primary school, I had a friend whose family had come to Tehran from Sanandaj, a Sunni majority city in Kurdistan of Iran. We treated him exactly the same way as others and we never made jokes about him or his religion.

There are several Sunni mosques in Iran built by the funds of the Iranian government Mosa.

Individuals may have good or bad experiences, the point of discussion is treatment of Sunnis by the authorities in Iran, can the name their sons and daughters Abobakr, Omar , Othman, Ayesha , Umme kulthum etc who are highly respected by Suniis?

 

[explorer9]

A report says Wahhabi circles in Saudi Arabia had paid around USD 500,000 for the assassination of an Iranian Sunni cleric in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan earlier this year.


Two of the individuals recently arrested on suspicion of involvement in the assassination of Molavi Jangi Zehi have confessed that they received the sum from Saudi Wahhabis, the report said on Friday.

Jangi Zehi, the Friday prayers leader of Iran's southeastern town of Rask, was assassinated by terrorists after saying prayers in the evening, as he was on his way home in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province on January 20, 2012.

Over the past year, the late Iranian cleric publicly expressed his belief that revealing the crimes of the Riyadh and Manama regimes is a religious duty of the Sunni scholars in Iran.

Jangi Zehi had also repeatedly warned of the enemy plots aimed at downplaying the turnout in Iran's Ninth Majlis (parliament) elections in March and May, and underscored the importance of the participation of the Sunnis in the polls as a “religious obligation.”

Jangi Zehi was an advocate of unity among Shias and Sunnis, and believed that such unity in Sistan and Baluchestan could only be maintained through following the instructions of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Observers say that, given Jangi Zehi’s endeavors to encourage the Sunni population in south Sistan and Baluchestan to participate in the polls, an objective of his assassination was to discourage the Sunni Muslims in the province from partaking in the voting.

On April 11, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry announced that it identified and apprehended 15 terrorists or terror cells behind the assassination of Jangi Zehi.

The intelligence obtained by the ministry indicates that the anti-Iran terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) was involved in planning the attack while deviant elements affiliated with the Wahhabi groups carried out the assassination.

It added that certain regional countries, which are backed by the US, UK and Israel, funded the terrorist attack.

ASH/HJL/AZ
PressTV - Saudi Wahabis pay USD500k for assassination of Iran Sunni cleric: Report
This is press TV news.... any one would like to comment on that?

 

[Arabian Legend]

ASH/HJL/AZ
PressTV - Saudi Wahabis pay USD500k for assassination of Iran Sunni cleric: Report
This is press TV news.... any one would like to comment on that?

i dont agree with it at all

next time use unbiased source if want the discussion to be fair as it says in title of this thread

 

[Mosamania]

i dont agree with it at all

next time use unbiased source if want the discussion to be fair as it says in title of this thread

Imagine if a Saudi newspaper said "Twelever Iranian Shia are the enemies of Islam". Imagine the rage and backlash that would result from it. Thing is this is exactly the case with Iran and we have people here agreeing and encouraging it.

 

[lem34]

i dont agree with it at all

next time use unbiased source if want the discussion to be fair as it says in title of this thread

What an Israeli or American source?

 

[The SC]

facts:

The religion held by the majority of the Iranian population is Shia Muslim (89%). Sunni Muslims in Iran constitute about 9% of the population and the remaining 2% of Iranians are from ‘other’ religions – primarily Zoroastrian, Christian and Jewish.

What makes the religious beliefs in Iran so interesting is that although almost 90% of Iranians are Shia Muslims, globally the percentage of Shia Muslims is only 10%.

The religious beliefs of Shia Muslims in Iran primarily share the core beliefs of Sunni Muslims in Iran. However, some of the key differences are as follows:

* When the Prophet Muhammad died in 632, there was no clear indication as to whom he wished to succeed as Islamic Leader. The majority group (subsequently known as Sunni Muslims) believed it should be Abu Bakr – the father of the Prophet Muhammad’s wife Aisha and the first male convert to Islam. The second group believed the Prophet’s cousin and son in law – Ali, was the only legitimate successor (subsequently becoming the Shia group).

 

[explorer9]

i dont agree with it at all

next time use unbiased source if want the discussion to be fair as it says in title of this thread

@ Legend, my intention was not condone the news article but was to put forward on the discussion table that what the Iranian regime feed its people by using deception tactics & basically expecting Iranian members to comment on that.

 

[Abii]

i dont agree with it at all

next time use unbiased source if want the discussion to be fair as it says in title of this thread

Einstein, every organization is biased. There isn't such a thing as unbiased news.

 

[Banu Umayyah]

Einstein, every organization is biased. There isn't such a thing as unbiased news.

However, there is a difference between clownish news organizations like Press tv, RT and fox, and professional ones like Al-Jazeera and BBC.

 

[Abii]

However, there is a difference between clownish news organizations like Press tv, RT and fox, and professional ones like Al-Jazeera and BBC.

care to share this difference with us abdul?

professional bias versus unporprofessional bias?

Is that your arguement?

Fail as usual.

 

[explorer9]

care to share this difference with us abdul?

professional bias versus unporprofessional bias?

Is that your arguement?

Fail as usual.

@Abil the question is not that which news channel is biased or not and to what extent because they are compelled to propagate the view either of their government or of the interest groups who promotes the same media houses.Now the point is how a regime propagate a blatant lie for the consumption his people.

 

[Abii]

@Abil the question is not that which news channel is biased or not and to what extent because they are compelled to propagate the view either of their government or of the interest groups who promotes the same media houses.Now the point is how a regime propagate a blatant lie for the consumption his people.

Apparently you can prove that this is a lie.

We can fill a dictionary sized book with the names of the saudi/wahabi suicide bombers and terrorists that have caused mayhem in the past couple of decades. It's far more likely that this news is based on solid intelligence than not.

 

[Banu Umayyah]

care to share this difference with us abdul?

professional bias versus unporprofessional bias?

Is that your arguement?

Fail as usual.

How did you know my name?!
Professional news organizations main focus is delivering news and analysis. Clownish news organizations are set up for the sole purpose of propaganda(e.g press tv).

 

[lem34]

However, there is a difference between clownish news organizations like Press tv, RT and fox, and professional ones like Al-Jazeera and BBC.

What do you mean Al Jazeera and BBC. Just cos they now both promote American views and your leaders are American lapdogs we should believe them??

We accept Press TV and RT etc may have bias but do not behave in a naive way. The Zionist controlled press and films in the west portray Arabs in a very poor light as smelly camel riders etc. Are they telling the truth??

@Abil the question is not that which news channel is biased or not and to what extent because they are compelled to propagate the view either of their government or of the interest groups who promotes the same media houses.Now the point is how a regime propagate a blatant lie for the consumption his people.

And in India even the people in charge of Indian press state that their press is clueless:

http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-...ery-low-intellect-katju.html?amp;goto=newpost

 

[Banu Umayyah]

What do you mean Al Jazeera and BBC. Just cos they now both promote American views and your leaders are American lapdogs we should believe them??

We accept Press TV and RT etc may have bias but do not behave in a naive way. The Zionist controlled press and films in the west portray Arabs in a very poor light as smelly camel riders etc. Are they telling the truth??


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Al-Jazeera promotes American views !!!
That's why US bombed their offices in Iraq intentionally.