Ayatollah Aarafi in response to Al-Azhar: Why do you call the defending country of Iran an aggressor?

Is it fair to ignore the crimes of America and Israel?

In a letter to the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayeb, the director of the Iranian seminaries, while requesting a review of the institution's recent statement, emphasized that the Islamic Republic of Iran is defending itself and called ignoring the crimes of America and Israel against the Iranian people "a violation of justice and religious standards."

◽In recent history, there is no memory of the Islamic Republic of Iran initiating a war or conflict among Muslims. We have always adhered to good neighborliness and avoiding aggression, and now we have been subjected to blatant aggression and oppression.

It is regrettable that many Islamic countries ignore this clear truth and fail morally, humanely, and religiously in condemning this blatant cruelty.

The targeting of thousands of civilian centers, and the martyrdom of key scholars and leaders of crimes, headed by the assassination of #Imam_Khamenei, who was an active authority in the Ummah and the greatest support for the call for unity and solidarity. Indeed, ignoring the fact that the American and Israeli occupying forces began this aggression with widespread and horrific destruction

The Al-Azhar statement, despite our appreciation for it for its concern to stop the war and bloodshed, has addressed the consequences and results of the conflict and ignored the main causes of this disaster.

The statement spoke of a limited countermeasure, remained silent about the principle of aggression, and ignored the thousands of innocent civilian victims who died under the bombardment and destruction.

We are all expected to deal with the plight of the Ummah wisely and with penetrating insight. Therefore, we propose that a deep and comprehensive bond be re-established between the scholars of the Islamic world, and especially between the scholars of Qom and Al-Azhar.