Sheikh Hussain al-Ma’touq sees the Palestinian issue and other issues solely in Islamic terms. Yet Muslim spokesmen in the West seem intent on downplaying the Islamic angle of these issues, and playing up the secular political angle. Have they had a talk with Sheikh Hussain al-Ma’touq? “Kuwaiti Politician Warns of Enemies’ Plots to Sow Discord among Muslims,” from the Ahlul Bayt News Agency, January 17:
Secretary General of the Kuwaiti National Islamic Alliance Sheikh Hussain al-Ma’touq warned Islamic countries to keep vigilant against enemies’ plots, saying that enemies of the Islamic Ummah (community) are seeking to sow discord among Muslims.
Secretary General of the Kuwaiti National Islamic Alliance Sheikh Hussain al-Ma’touq warned Islamic countries to keep vigilant against enemies’ plots, saying that enemies of the Islamic Ummah (community) are seeking to sow discord among Muslims.
“After the consequent victories of resistant groups (in Palestine and Lebanon) against the Zionist regime, the enemies of Islam have sought to dismember the Islamic Ummah through plots and conspiracy,” al-Ma’touq said.
He also stressed the necessity for resistance and support for unity by the Muslim countries.
The Secretary General of the Kuwaiti National Islamic Alliance – also known as the Hezbollah of Kuwait – further vowed to defend Islam and Muslim-related issues until the Zionist regime fades away.
After a Vahhabi mufti, Mohammad al-Arifi, last week insulted top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani who resides in the holy city of Najaf in Iraq, Shia sleaders [sic] in the region started speeches to disclose the origin and the goals pursued by the Vahhabi mufti’s insult and also to show Shia unity and solidarity.