African Sunni scholars visit Iran

Rasa – A group of Sunni Muslim scholars and academics from Africa visited Iran’s Golestan ‎province visited some Sunni seminaries, cultural and Quranic centres and met with Shi’ah and ‎Sunni scholars.

News ID: 442633

Date: 26 December 2018 - 01:13

RNA – A group of Sunni Muslim scholars and academics from the African continent, including ‎Shaykh Asadullah Mualah (al-Ghalib), the Grand Mufti of Zambia, and Shaykh Muhammad-‎Sadiq Kajandi, the Grand Mufti of Burundi, were invited by the “Centre for Communications ‎and International Affairs of the Islamic Seminary” to visit the Islamic Republic Iran.‎

While in the country, the African scholars visited Golestan province, and in addition to visiting ‎some of the religious schools, cultural centres and Quranic centres in the predominantly ‎Sunni province, they met with scholars and Shi’ah and Sunni clerics.‎

Western propaganda against Iran is pure falsehood

Shaykh Mualah, the Grand Mufti of Zambia, met with the clergy, teachers and students of ‎the Siraj al-Minbar Seminary in Bandar-e Torkman, wherein he expressed his satisfaction with ‎his trip in Iran, and in particular, his trip to Golestan province, and offered his appreciation ‎for their hospitality on the axis of unity around the Prophet Muhammad and the Holy Quran.‎

Referring to the attacks and propaganda against Iran, he said, “During our trip to Iran, we ‎saw that the misleading publicity of the Western countries against the Islamic Republic is ‎pure falsehood.”‎
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The Grand Mufti of Zambia called the Islamic Republic of Iran the flagship of the unity of the ‎Islamic ummah in the world, and stated, “In Iran, all live under the Islamic flag.”‎

Shaykh Mualah also advised the seminarians to use every second of the opportunities they ‎have for religious studies and service to Islam and Muslims and not to waste their time.‎

Unity is the only way to overcome the enemies

Shaykh Kajandi, the Grand Mufti of Burundi, expressed satisfaction with his trip in Iran and ‎stressing the necessity of Islamic unity and solidarity, considered the only way to confront ‎the conspiracies and plans of the enemies is through the unity and approximation of Islamic ‎denominations.‎

He also stressed the need for mutual attention and added, “The Islamic ummah must ‎confront the enemies in order to overcome the current problems around the axis of the ‎great Prophet Muhammad and the Holy Quran.”‎

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