A Sunni Friday prayers leader in Iran underlined that Sunni scholars oppose the terrorist group that is committing atrocities in Iraq.
Sheikh Abdul Wahed Khajavi, Sunni Friday prayers leader of Shiraz, underlined that there is no Sunni scholar either in Iraq or Syria or anywhere else in the Muslim world to lead or support the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group.
He said the militant group can not attach itself to Islam because all Islamic movements since the advent of Islam have had a Muslim scholar as their leader.
Khajavi said the ISIL has been created through ominous plots hatched by the enemies of Islam who seek to pit Muslims against one another and weaken the religion.
The Sunni scholar added that the enemies are well aware of the power of a united Muslim Ummah and that is why they have given rise to Takfiri terrorist groups to undermine Islamic unity.
He regretted that rulers of some Muslim countries have been providing support to Takfiri terrorists merely to remain in power.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Khajavi called on all Iraqi Muslims- Shias, Sunnis, and Kurds- to remain vigilant against the schemes of enemies that aim to divide Iraq and undermine the country's Muslims.
He went on to say that with God's help, the enemy conspiracies will soon be filed in Iraq and terrorist groups that kill innocent people will be destroyed.
The ISIL Takfiri militants on June 10 gained control of Mosul, the capital of Iraq’s Nineveh Province, which was followed by the fall of Tikrit, located 140 kilometers (87 miles) northwest of Baghdad.
Over the past days, Iraqi armed forces have been engaged in fierce clashes with the terrorists, who have threatened to take their acts of violence to other Iraqi cities, including the capital.
However, their advance was slowed down as Iraqi military forces and volunteer fighters have begun engaging them on several fronts, pushing the militants out of several areas they had earlier overrun, including the city of Tikrit, which was retaken by Iraqi forces on Saturday.
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