The speech of Al-Sayyid Muqtada Al-Sadr in his account in Twitter on 20/2/2023

The speech of Al-Sayyid Muqtada Al-Sadr in his account in Twitter on 20/2/2023
In the name of Allah
An important word and title which was misunderstood and many people committed mistake in dealing with it; (the se.ctarianism) which b.urned everything as they express, it caused thousands v.ictims and many countries and peoples su.ffered from it. Many people understood it wrongly and hastened to prevent the s.ects and religious and doctrinal pluralism thinking that he anta.gonizes the se.ctarianism, and hastened in prevent religious rites with plea that the se.ctarianism is ha.teful matter. It is compound ignorance if not be with intention as it is supposed, thus, they became masters of sec.tarianism and feeding it through preventing veil or b.urning the Holy Quran or preventing Hussaini sessions and calling for prayer or broadcasting historical false series and the like. They used the prevention as le.thal political wea.pon against their opp.onents and pressure on them to reach to their desires. The truth must be said: fi.ghting the sec.tarianism doesn’t mean cancelling the other religions and doctrines and fi.ghting their laws and rites but it is the se.ctarianism itself and feed and agit.ate it which may lead to undesirable end. I say the truth: anta.gonizing the se.ctarianism is only through peaceful coexistence between religions, se.cts and doctrines, if there is any disagreement, it must be solved through dialogue, understanding and positive discussion not through k.illing, c.utting the heads, w.ars and dis.placement and the like. If you are not se.ctarian, you must respect the other s.ects and give them some freedom not at the expense of public bases certainly; professing a religion and believing in a creed any creed is from religious freedom there is no compulsion in religion nor in a creed just through conviction and certainty, there is no good in professing a religion or believing in a creed by force because the person will be ha.rmful to this religion or creed. Yes, it is from unanimous matters that there is difference in tendencies and ideas, the str.uggle among them through civilized way will be positive with condition that this str.uggle mustn’t be bl.oody one just in the case of self – defense against the att.acks from those who have ab.normal and deviated ideas. Yes, the freedom of professing the religions is guaranteed in law and mind, this doesn’t mean the trueness of all religions and doctrines but in the same time, the person shouldn’t be without religion or creed nor thought here and there, also he shouldn’t be closed to his religion and doctrine without guidance nor clear **** otherwise he will be an example to blind following (that is what we found our forefathers upon) as in the honorable verse
And when it is said to them, “Come towards what Allah has sent down and towards the noble messenger”, they say, “Sufficient for us is what we found our forefathers upon” even if their forefathers didn’t have knowledge nor had guidance
Yes, what issue from some rulers or bodies or laws against other religions and different doctrines and ant.agonizing them and muzzle their voices will be the se.ctarianism itself even it issues from the right sect as the one who visits Al-Kadhimiya and abu.ses Al-Adhamiya and the like. All religions and doctrines must have common matters to be base for peaceful coexistence and to stabilize the dialogue not to reach to new religion which some people may call it (Ibrahimian), Ibrahim was Muslim whereas Allah said
Ibrahim was neither a Jew nor a Christian; but he was a Muslim free from all falsehood; and was not of the polytheists
So no one has the right of ant.agonizing the sec.tarianism and he anta.gonizes the religions and doctrines and has ma.lice in his heart. Yes, you can have love in your heart and asking the guidance except those who want to har.m whereas Allah said
Indeed those who trouble Allah and His noble messenger – upon them is Allah’s curse in the world and in the Hereafter, and Allah has kept prepared a disgraceful punishment for them
Any one ant.agonizes the religions without right or the creeds without plea, he h.arms Allah and all messengers by his deed and Allah is the Guardian of Muslims, therefore, the religion and creed must be submitted on the heavenly laws, if they agree with them they are right and if not agree with them then it is not right, anyway there are special laws to deal with them but ki.lling, cu.tting the heads, oppr.ession and muzzle the voices shouldn’t be first of them, they shouldn’t reach to the ki.lling just through infallible’s order not through ignorant group from any religion or creed, only the infallible is authorized to do that. I say my speech and ask Allah’s forgiveness for me and for you
Muqtada Al-Sadr