{"id":1697,"date":"2019-12-18T21:46:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T17:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2019-12-18T21:46:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T17:16:31","slug":"irans-sunnis-want-a-big-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/2019\/12\/1697\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Sunnis Want a Big Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shaikh-ul-Islam Mawlana Abdol-Hamid called for equality among Iranians in a meeting with Chabahar students on Saturday Dec. 14, 2019 and emphasized that Sunnis should achieve their constitutional rights.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The president of Darululoom Zahedan said that Sunnis are an essential part of the Iranian nation; they should achieve their due rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForty years after the Islamic revolution, Sunnis\u2019 rights have not been yet addressed; during these forty years, despite being active in all national events, they have been deprived from their due rights\u201d, he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter years of waiting, Sunnis now expect to achieve their freedom; freedom of thought and religion. As well as they should be engaged and contributed in government posts to participate in running the country\u201d, Mawlana abdol-Hamid added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough generally there is freedom, but Sunnis face restrictions in some cities and areas in religious issues\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The most outstanding Iranian Sunni leader said: \u201cSunnis\u2019 demands are legal and according to the constitution, we had never raised an issue beyond the law. Now there should be a big change in the case of our rights\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian Sunnis outstanding leader pointed out that the rulers should treat equally with all parties, ethnics and religions; equality unites masses and brings them close together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the constitution, Iranians are equal in law; so the implementation of justice benefits both the government and the nation\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n<p>Mawlana Abdol-Hamid said according to the Islamic Shariah, there is no difference among the members of any religion, ethnicity or party; all have equal rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modified policies and correct planning cut economic crisis<\/strong><br \/>\nMawlana Abdol-Hamid pointed out to the current Iranian economic crisis and said: \u201cPeople have a right to earn easily without facing obstacles, because obstacles lead to depravity, immorality and corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA good discipline and modified policies cut economic pressures and minimize the high unemployment\u201d, he believed.<\/p>\n<p>The eminent leader said that problems can be resolved through expertize and consultation with the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReviewing the past policies and listening to the people will move us forward and bring unity in our society\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Shaikh Abdol-Hamid, in his trip to Chabahar, took part in different meetings with different classes of the society, including students and lecturers of colleges and universities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaikh-ul-Islam Mawlana Abdol-Hamid called for equality among Iranians in a meeting with Chabahar students on Saturday Dec. 14, 2019 and emphasized that Sunnis should achieve their constitutional rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-views","category-reports-interviews"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1697"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1707,"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions\/1707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}