The most influential Iranian Sunni leader has urged on the engagement of Iranian Sunnis in higher posts ahead of the 12th presidential election in Iran.<\/p>\n
Talking to tens of thousands worshipers in Zahedan, southeastern Iran, on Friday 12th May, he said: \u201cThe Presidential and City and Village Councils polls are important and vital for all. The city and village councils have a key role in building and developing of the city. We should use our right of vote well for welfare of all citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe candidates and voters have some responsibilities regarding each other; people should work hard to vote for the best candidate and they should focus on the demands of people.\u201d<\/p>\n
He expressed his views on the necessity of alliance in the city and village councils and said: \u201cOur opinion is to form alliance in the councils\u2019 election. Zahedan is a city with Shia, Sunni, Persian and Balochi communities. Alliance is the sign of nations\u2019 development; advanced nations negotiate and make alliance in elections.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn any alliance, all members may not be ideal, but the alliance itself is good for ensuring the interests of the society. Such coalitions can be obtained by open-mindness and tolerance. The best choice comes after unanimity and alliance,\u201d the rector of Darululoom Zahedan pointed.<\/p>\n
The coming president should make Sunni community \u2018first-class citizen\u2019 by act<\/strong> \u201cOur prospect is national and the Sunni community is also a part of the Iranian nation. No parts of the nation \u2013which is like a body \u2013 should suffer; otherwise it makes the whole body anguished. The Iranian Sunni community has been suffering from the pain of discrimination; we need to elect a president who cares about our pains and lets this part of the body to heal up,\u201d he added more.<\/p>\n The prominent Iranian Sunni leader underlined on voting for a candidate who \u201cconsiders Iranian Sunnis as first-class citizen by act not only slogan and claiming\u201d. <\/p>\n \u201cWe have fewer problems regarding developmental projects in Sunni-dominated areas, but the main demand of the Sunni community is about the employment of Sunnis in higher posts. There should not be any discrimination among the different communities in the country. Allah Almighty has no discrimination about His creatures and He puts His mercy on the rulers who behave with masses indiscriminately,\u201d Shaikh Abdol-Hamid said.<\/p>\n The new government should resist \u2018pressures\u2019<\/strong> \u201cThe new president should resist the illegal pressures and implement the law completely. As Sunnis we present our all demands to ensure the maximum participation of people in the coming election. Thus a group of scholars and elites of the Iranian Sunni community gathered in Tehran to discuss the anxieties and demands of the Sunnis,\u201d the most influential Iranian Sunni leader alluded to his latest trip to Tehran ahead of the 12th presidential election in Iran.<\/p>\n He added more: \u201cVote is a trust in our hand which should handed over to the right person. People should not be heedless about it. The Iranian nation now can easily recognize who is the best among the candidates. People are enough mature politically.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe period of election is the days of rumors and accusations. I\u2019d like to advise all candidates and their supporters to avoid from accusations and rumors. Don\u2019t destroy your everlasting life. Even do not respond to other\u2019s offenses; otherwise the enemy will misuse it,\u201d Shaikh Abdol-Hamid urged.<\/p>\n At the end of his speech, Shaikh Abdol-Hamid alluded to the death of a scholar from Zahedan in an accident took place in Quetta, Pakistan and demise of a young Baloch who is son of Haaj Gul-Ahmad, one of the squad of Grand Makki Masjid praying for them to the Almighty. The young man was killed after hunt by the police.<\/p>\n He addressed the police officials to take care of the people who smuggle some rolls of cloth due to financial problems. If the people hold legal goods which are not prohibited in Islamic jurisprudence, there should be forbearance and negligence.<\/p>\n Faith, good deeds measures of prosperity<\/strong> He began his speech by the recitation of the chapter Asr\/Time of the Noble Qur\u2019an and said: \u201cAllah Almighty swears in the Qur\u2019an by the time that all human beings are in loss surely. Then He excludes a group of mankind that they are prosperous; they are the ones who do not go to extremes. Sobriety in tenets and deeds is very important.\u201d<\/p>\n After expressing the importance of good deeds for salvation, he said: \u201cWe should work hard to purify the society and say what is true. Apart from being good by tenets and deeds, they should struggle to remove corruption and vice.\u201d<\/p>\n Shaikh Abdol-Hamid concluded his points by saying: \u201cWe should be vigilant avoiding from carelessness. 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\nMawlana Abdol-Hamid went on to say more about the presidential election in Iran: \u201cFirst of all we should vote for a candidate who ensures the interests of the whole Iranian nation domestically and internationally. We should choose the one who is wiser and stronger than others.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nKhateeb of Sunnis in Zahedan further said: \u201cThis is the due right of Sunnis and all Iranian ethnic and religious communities to engage their capable members in higher management of the country. We are Iranians and Iran belongs to all Iranians. It is not only the country of Sunnis, Shias or Persians; rather it is the country of all. Durable unity and peace depend on removing discrimination and equality for the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nIn the first part of his sermon, Shaikh Abdol-Hamid termed \u2018faith\/Iman\u2019 the biggest wealth for any person which can ensure the prosperity of mankind when it is accompanied with good deeds.<\/p>\n