Lebanon’s Shaykh Ahmad al-Qattan:

Reopening Israeli embassies in Islamic countries “mistake”

Rasa – A Lebanese Sunni scholar said that the reopening of Israeli embassies in the Muslim world is a wrong move and a mistake because the Zionist regime is an enemy of all Muslims, whether Sunni, Shi’a and all free men of the world.

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Date: 15 September 2015 - 18:40

RNA – Speaking to Rasa News Agency, Shaykh Ahmad al-Qattan, the head of Lebanon’s Qawluna wal-Amal (We Say and Act) Society, referred to the recent remarks made by Iran’s Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, wherein he stated that Israel “will not exist in 25 years’ time,” and said that Israel is in disarray and is governed by terror and brutality.

“This regime will be wiped out soon, God willing, and Jesus Christ, along with all the faithful, will pray behind Imam al-Mahdi,” Shaykh al-Qattan said, referring to end time events.

The Lebanese Sunni scholar stressed that there are many reasons and arguments for the certain destruction of Israel in the very near future, and cited a hadith from the Prophet Muhammad which says that “The last hour would not come unless the Muslims fight against the Jews…”

He stated that Iran’s efforts to obtain nuclear energy are for the benefit of Islam and also referred to Iran’s services to Muslims throughout the world, especially to the oppressed Palestinian people, saying that Iran has done so much to help liberate the Palestine from its Zionist occupiers.

Shaykh al-Qattan noted that the Islamic resistance moments, like the Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Palestine and the Islamic resistance represented by Hezbollah in Lebanon, and other Islamic resistance movements whether in Iraq, Syria or Lebanon, seek to destroy Israel and help liberate Palestine.

He referred to the relationships between the Zionist regime and some Islamic countries and noted that the reopening of Israeli embassies in the Muslim world is a wrong move and a mistake because the Zionist regime is an enemy of all Muslims, whether Sunni or Shi’a as well as all free men of the world.

“Israel violates all human rights. This regimes’ heinous acts such as the [recent] murder, bloodshed and arson at the al-Aqsa Mosque have violated this holy and sacred place,” he added.

The head of Lebanon’s Qawluna wal-Amal Society added that the reopening of Israeli embassies in Arab and Islamic countries is a humiliation, a thorn, a weakness, a sign of backwardness and distance from the traditions and true path of Islam, the Prophet Muhammad, the Quran and religious teachings.

“We condemn the actions of the Israeli occupying regime and demand the expulsion of Israeli ambassadors from all countries of the world,” he said.

Shaykh al-Qattan added that instead of expressing love and friendship with the Zionist regime, Arab countries should help the Islamic Resistance to destroy Israel.

The Lebanese Sunni scholar stated that the unity, along with piety and combatting the Zionist regime, are obligatory issues for scholars of Islam. He stressed that Sunnis and Shi’a scholars are part of the same body and they must avoid division and discord and fight against the enemies and annihilate Israel.

He pointed to Iran’s role in the fight against the occupying regime of Israel and said the Palestinian issue, due to the fact that the first qiblah of Muslims and the third holy sanctuary of Islam, must be the most important concern of the Muslim world.

“Sunnis are ready to destroy Israel and Iran’s efforts to liberate the occupied Palestinian territories will bear fruit in the near future and the lands from the Nile to the Euphrates will remain safe from Zionist threats,” Shaykh al-Qattan predicted.

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