Meeting a group of teachers and directors of the education office in Zahedan, Shaikh Abdol-Hamid termed “material and cultural poverty” the most obvious fruits of “discrimination” in any society.

Note: a journalist of Daily Etemad recently interviewed Shaikh Abdol-Hamid, president of Darululoom Zahedan and Friday imam of Sunnis in Zahedan where he underlined that they never commit treason against their country.

Writing a letter to the most influential Iraqi Shia cleric, Iranian Sunni leader asked him to use his influence for decreasing Iranian Sunnis’ problems and constitution of a multi-ethnic government in Iraq.

Alluding to the unstable situation of the country and challenges faced by different classes of the society, Shaikh Abdol-Hamid put establishment of a consultative council from the entrusted elites of different communities for revising the current policies and strategies.

The office of Shaikh-ul-Islam Mawlana Abdol-Hamid confirmed the reports released in social media about an assassination attempt foiled recently in Zahedan, provincial capital of Sistan-Baluchistan.

The outstanding Iranian Sunni leader criticized provincial authorities over forbidding him to travel to Rameshk city of Kerman province.

Recently a popular Iranian daily newspaper interviewed Shaikh Abdol-Hamid in Zahedan, the most influential Iranian Sunni leader. The journalist of the paper asked him questions on different domestic and regional issues. Here is a summary of his interview:

The most influential Iranian Sunni scholar urged on equality between Shia and Sunni communities terming discrimination the main reason of extremism in the region.

Recently some famous Islamic seminaries of Iranian Sunnis in the provinces of Khorasan and Western Azerbaijan have faced massive pressures to swap students from particular areas or to close the schools. Talking exclusively to “abdolhamid.net”, Shaikh-ul-Islam Mawlana Abdol-Hamid urged on…

Note: Read some important parts of Shaikh Abdol-Hamid’s talk with the official Iranian news agency (ISNA) about the Iranian Sunnis, Iranian politics, Muslim world and women’s rights: *I always prefer the national interest, then the interests of the Sunni community…