Posted on 01/19/2007 2:39:20 PM PST by knighthawk
Substitute Friday prayers leader of Tehran Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani on Friday warned against the US and UK attempts to divide Shiites and Sunnis. Delivering his second Friday prayers sermon at Tehran University campus, Ayatollah Kashani said dividing Shiites and Sunnites is a "rusted and useless weapon." "That's a rusted weapon and the US and UK do not know what a hell they can do. Sometimes they decide to divide Shiites and Sunnis, sometimes they attack Iranian consulate in Erbil and sometimes they speak of issuing sanctions against Iran," said Ayatollah Kashani.
He called on Shiite and Sunni leaders to be vigilant against the US and UK conspiracies and said, "Unity between Shiites and Sunnis should be real, from bottom of their hearts and for the sake of God; and it should not be geo-politically and economically motivated."
According to IRNA, he then switched to nuclear charges against Iran and said, "Nuclear energy is a scientific subject but they launch publicity against it, falsely claiming that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons." He emphasized that Iranian nation will stage a huge rally on Bahman 22 (February 11), marking triumph anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, and will respond to all the plots.
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Is this guy called a cleric because he mentions Sunnis and Shia in his polemical speeches?
The people in Iraq aren't falling for this crap again. They know who is targeting them and they know who they are targeting.
Let's see if I have this straight. If the Shiites went to Tehran to set up shop Kashani would take no issue with that???
Actually, we would appreciate it if Shiites and Sunnis stopped killing each other in Iraq. We are not dividing them, they are already divided.
When did the Shi'a and the Sunni start getting along so we could divid them?
O...K...the car bombs, nerve gas, and the mass graves were a sign of one big happy family, right?
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