The headine for this article from the Tehran Times is slightly misleading if you thought Ayatollah Moqtadae, the Iranian cleric, was referring to extremism against all non-Muslims and Westerners. He meant extremist groups that regard Shias as infidels.

It’s worth noting that Ayatollah Khomeini again called on all Muslims to “unite against the enemy.” The enemy of course is the Great Satan – America et al.

TEHRAN – The director of Iran’s seminaries, Ayatollah Moqtadae, has called on Muslims to denounce extremist groups that regard Shias as infidels and call for their murder.

“A group of extremists who regard Shias as infidels and call for their murder are in fact the enemy’s mercenaries. They neither believe in Islam nor in the Sunni manner, rather they are opposed to God’s prophet,” he said in a meeting with cleric Molavi Abdolhamid Esmaeil Zehi, the Friday prayer leader of Maki Mosque in Zahedan, southeast Iran.

He added Imam Khomeini believed that all Muslims should unite against the enemy and Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is following the path of the Imam and based on this teaching the Qom Seminary ulema are seeking to boost brotherhood among Muslims.

Global arrogance views religion in direct contradiction to its interests and is therefore seeking to undermine Islam but Muslims should deprive the enemies of the opportunity to create division among them because they regard any rift among Shias and Sunnis as a progress, he noted.

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