Reacting to the recent insult of Sahabah in a national state-run TV channel, the outstanding Islamic scholar criticized IRIB, asking the authorities of Iranian TV and radio to apologize to the Sunni community for insulting Sahabah officially. <\/p>\n
Shaikh Abdol-Hamid said in a part of his speech of August 19, 2016: \u201cUnfortunately, a TV show host and famous director has insulted some companions, may Allah be pleased with them, in \u2018Nasim\u2019 TV channel. It got coverage inside and outside of the country and many of elites including scholars and members of the parliament criticized the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBlasphemy is not allowed in all religions, schools of thought and sects. Insulting to holy persons and sacred things is bad in all sects; it is against the interests of all that only widens distances,\u201d he added more.<\/p>\n
Demanding the \u2018official apology of IRIB to Sunnis\u2019, Khateeb of Sunnis said, \u201cAlthough the legal vice of IRIB has responded to the written warning of Sunni MPs that the TV show host had been warned and the controller of the comic program had been dismissed, but we expect the authorities should apologize to the Iranian nation especially the Sunni community.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe recent blasphemy should not be considered on the account of Islamic Republic of Iran; the stance of the high officials is clear in this regard. The supreme leader has issued verdict terming insult of Sunnis\u2019 sanctities \u2018Haram\u2019 and illegal,\u201d he underlined.<\/p>\n
State TV should respect leader\u2019s fatwa first of all<\/strong> \u201cIt is expected at least the directors, managers, hosts and producers in the state TV and radio should respect the fatwa and statements of the supreme leader before others.\u201d<\/p>\n Shaikh Abdol-Hamid added more, \u201cAccording to the constitution, the supreme leader is the most authorized figure in Islamic Republic of Iran. If other (Shia) extremists ignore the verdicts of the leader, it is not much surprising, but when figures inside the body of the regime and government disrespect the leader\u2019s fatwas, it is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n Expressing his thanks to the Sunni and some Shia MPs over noticing the insult issue, the member of the MWL further said, \u201cIt is our demand that the door of blasphemy and insult of Sunnis\u2019 holy persons should be closed forever. There must be legitimation to stop insulting of sanctities of all sects and religions. The violators should be punished. We hope the faction of Sunni MPs in the Majlis would follow up this case.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cA blunder has been made in a channel, we should work hard to reform not to provoke differences and excite people. We should not give chance to the enemies to misuse such issues by provoking people,\u201d Mawlana Abdol-Hamid stated.<\/p>\n Insulting sanctities of Shia is Haram<\/strong> \u201cEven we cannot insult the holy persons and places of Jews and Christians. However some Jews and Christians commit blasphemy and insult our sanctities as they created blasphemous cartoons and caricatures of the beloved prophet, peace be upon him. Some others burnt the copies of the Noble Qur\u2019an. But none of Muslims has the courage to insult Christ and Moses, peace be upon them \u2013God forbid- and burn the Bible,\u201d he added more. <\/p>\n Khateeb of Sunnis concluded his points by saying, \u201cWe have not assaulted on Jews and Christians, rather they are the ones who insult our sanctities and invade on our countries. Insulting is not allowed in any religion. If any Muslim insults sanctities, he should be pursued to avoid blasphemy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reacting to the recent insult of Sahabah in a national state-run TV channel, the outstanding Islamic scholar criticized IRIB, asking the authorities of Iranian TV and radio to apologize to the Sunni community for insulting Sahabah officially.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speeches"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658","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=658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659,"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdolhamid.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe rector of Darululoom Zahedan termed the state TV and radio organization \u2018responsible\u2019 for the recent blasphemy of Sunni Muslims\u2019 sanctities. He said, \u201cFirst of all IRIB is responsible for the recent act of blasphemy as some companions of the prophet, peace be upon him, were insulted. IRIB is affiliated with the supreme leader directly and it should not violate the fatwa and statements of its patron.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe prominent Islamic scholar of the Iranian Sunnis termed \u2018insulting of sanctities of all\u2019 Haram and illegal, saying, \u201cAs a Sunni imam who leads prayers, I consider insulting of Shias\u2019 sanctities \u2018Haram\u2019, too. It is not a \u2018political fatwa\u2019, rather it is our belief.\u201d<\/p>\n