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Jul 13, 2015
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Former Iraqi MP Jamaluddin Criticizes Iraqi Shiites: They Behaved Like a Child Who Breaks His Toys

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Source: Al-Baghdadiya TV (Iraq)

In an interview on the Iraqi Al-Baghdadiya TV channel, former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamaluddin criticized Shiite sectarianism in Iraq, saying that the Shiites "behaved like a child who gets a pile of toys, and he doesn't know what to do with them, so he breaks them."


Following are excerpts from the interview, which aired on July 13, 2015.



Ayad Jamaluddin: (Iraqi) Shiites could not believe that the government was handed over to them, and that they could now play an active role in government. They don't rule all by themselves, but they have an active role. They behaved like a child who gets a pile of toys, and he doesn't know what to do with them, so he breaks them. So they started shouting religious slogans... Is it reasonable that when you go to fight ISIS - and in Tikrit of all places - you hang flags with Shiite slogans on the tanks of the Iraqi army? Is it an Iraqi army or a Shiite army? If it's an Iraqi army, you should see only banners representing the Iraqi state.

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Is the fighting done by the state or by certain sects? If it is the Iraqi state, and it is fighting people who have just violated the law, it should raise just one banner - the Iraqi flag. If it is a sectarian war, and the Shiite raise banners reading "Oh Hussein," the Sunnis have the right to raise flags reading "Oh Yazid."

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No reasonable human being would accept the Rule of the Jurisprident. A person comes to you and says: I want to rule you in the name of Allah.

Interviewer: The rule belongs to Allah, right?

Ayad Jamaluddin: Wrong. The rule belongs to the people, not to Allah. We are the people, and we want to rule ourselves.

Religion is a divine message, which Allah sent down unto His prophets, the last of whom was the Prophet Muhammad, in order to guide humanity, not to rule it with tyranny. The Quran and the noble message of Islam have transformed into a sword for the persecution of people. Was the Prophet Muhammad sent to conquer lands like Genghis Khan?! Can there really be a prophet who says: "I was sent with a sword"? This is shameful.

Interviewer: He said: "I was sent to perfect moral character."

Ayad Jamaluddin: Exactly. Not with a sword. The people who succeeded the Prophet Muhammad distorted his religion. They say: "I will kill you if you do not convert to Islam." What was the Prophet sent for, then?! Can there possibly be a prophet who says: "Convert to Islam, or I will kill you"?! And if you say to him: "Okay, I have converted," he answers: "That's unacceptable. You should have converted from the bottom of your heart." How can I do this, when your sword is hanging over my head?!

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