ISIL Not Representing Sunni Islam, British Scholar Stresses
Shaykh Muhammad Umar ibn Ramadhan, the chairman of Ramadhan
Foundation in Britain, made the remark after a meeting with a number of Shia
scholars and officials of the Astan (custodianship) of Imam Hussein (AS) in the
Iraqi city of Karbala, the website of the Astan reported.
He is visiting Iraq at the head of a delegation of Sunni
scholars from Britain to learn about the conditions of the Arab country, the
fight against Takfiri terrorists and the role of Shia sources of emulation in mobilizing
Iraqis in the fight against terrorism.
Shaykh Ramadhan stressed that Iraq’s fight against ISIL is Islam’s
battle against Kufr.
He also said that ISIL members are actually the Khawarij of
the time that have no other intention than distorting the image of pure Islam.
The Sunni scholar further underlined that Shia and Sunni Muslims
are brothers that have always lived together in peace and that such criminal
groups as ISIL cannot foment discord between Shias and Sunnis.
The British delegation has so far visited the holy shrines
of Imam Hussein (AS) and Hazrat Abbas (AS) in Karbala, Imam Ali (AS) in Najaf,
Imam Musa Kadhim (AS) and Imam Javad (AS) in Khadhamyan and Imam Hadi (AS) and
Imam Hassan Askari (AS) in Samarra.
