11-14-2009, 08:20 PM
<b>Muslims asked to quit UK army for Islam
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A top Iranian spiritual leader has asked Muslims to quit the British army, saying that their involvement in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars is forbidden by Islam.
Ayatollah Abdolhossein Moezi, who is Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's representative in Britain, asked Muslim personnel in the British Army to quit the military.
The 65-year-old cleric, who has been personally appointed by Khamenei to be his special envoy to the UK, underlined that it was wrong for followers of Islam to serve in the British military, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq where Muslims were being killed, The Times newspaper said on Saturday.
"Not only do I not accept it for Muslims to go there, I don't accept non-Muslims to go there as well," Ayatollah Moezi was quoted as saying by the British daily.
Ayatollah Moezi, the director of the Islamic Centre of England, said "Muslims are not allowed to go and kill Muslims". "Do you think that Christians are allowed to go and
kill Muslims?"
Ayatollah Moezi, the most senior Iranian spiritual leader in Britain with thousands of followers from the Shia sect, believes that Islam and politics are "inter-mixed" because religion "could not be ignorant of social issues". "And part of social issues is politics, therefore Islam should have some sort of eye on political issues," he said.
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Next on the list will be Indian army.
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A top Iranian spiritual leader has asked Muslims to quit the British army, saying that their involvement in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars is forbidden by Islam.
Ayatollah Abdolhossein Moezi, who is Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's representative in Britain, asked Muslim personnel in the British Army to quit the military.
The 65-year-old cleric, who has been personally appointed by Khamenei to be his special envoy to the UK, underlined that it was wrong for followers of Islam to serve in the British military, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq where Muslims were being killed, The Times newspaper said on Saturday.
"Not only do I not accept it for Muslims to go there, I don't accept non-Muslims to go there as well," Ayatollah Moezi was quoted as saying by the British daily.
Ayatollah Moezi, the director of the Islamic Centre of England, said "Muslims are not allowed to go and kill Muslims". "Do you think that Christians are allowed to go and
kill Muslims?"
Ayatollah Moezi, the most senior Iranian spiritual leader in Britain with thousands of followers from the Shia sect, believes that Islam and politics are "inter-mixed" because religion "could not be ignorant of social issues". "And part of social issues is politics, therefore Islam should have some sort of eye on political issues," he said.
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Next on the list will be Indian army.