Salafists Hamper Event Celebrating Imam Reza (AS) Birth Anniversary
A group of Salafists in an Egyptian village prevented Shias from holding a ceremony celebrating Imam Reza (AS) birth anniversary.
The group surrounded the house of Shia leader Sheikh Farhat Ali Muhammad in Abu Mussalam village in Egypt’s Al-Giza province on Monday, September 16, asking him not to hold the ceremony, Al-Misriyun daily reported.
Security forces intervened to put an end to the siege after half an hour while some local residents were hurling stones at the house.
This is the same village in which several hundred Takfiris attacked and surrounded the house of Shia cleric Sheikh Hassan Shehata on June 23 and killed the cleric and three of his followers.
Dalia Ziyadeh, director of Ibn Khaldoun Center said the Monday incident was a sign that the village was bracing for another massacre against Shias.
Immediately after the Salafist group surrounded Sheikh Farhat’s house on Monday, Ziyadeh called on security forces to step in and prevent an attack on the house.
The June 23 attack was condemned by Egyptian politicians as well as Muslims and human rights activists from different countries.
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