Lebanese Sunni Scholar:‎

We must fight against enemies’ plots to divide Muslims

Rasa – Shaykh Bilal Sa’id Sha’ban said, “The enemies seek to divide Muslims into Shi’ahs and Sunnis ‎and we must fight against them.”‎

News ID: 441787

Date: 30 November 2018 - 11:17

RNA – Along with a group of Sunni scholars, Shaykh Bilal Sa’id Sha’ban, the secretary-general of the ‎Islamic Unification Movement of Lebanon, spoke at Tehran’s Sadeqiyeh Mosque and delivered a ‎speech to the public‏ ‏on November 25th.‎

In his speech, Shaykh Sha’ban emphasized on the necessity of protecting and strengthening Islamic ‎unity and increasing cooperation and said, “The diversity of ethnic, skin colours, manners and ‎customs is a divine blessing and leads to our strength, therefore, it should not become a problem‏.‏‎”‎

The Lebanese Sunni scholar emphasized, “The religion of Islam has greatly emphasized on Islamic ‎and human unity and the enemies focus on the division of Muslims into Shi’ah and Sunni in the ‎opposite direction‏.‏‎”‎

Shaykh Sha’ban demanded that any sort of religious sedition be countered and argued, “The division ‎of Muslims and the invitation of them toward dissension and conflict are among the goals of the ‎enemies and we must stand against them‏.‏‎”‎

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