On January 2, 2016, Saudi Arabia announced that it had executed 47 "terrorists," including leading Shi'ite cleric Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr. The execution of Al-Nimr, who was accused of belonging to Al-Qaeda, triggered harsh criticism of Saudi Arabia on behalf of Shi'ite Muslims in several parts of the world.
In India, anti-Saudi protests were organized by Shi'ite Muslims, especially in the northern Indian city of Lucknow. Leading Indian Shi'ite cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad gave a video interview to the Shi'ite website HussainiChannel.com. He condemned Saudi Arabia and demanded that it be expelled from the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC). Saudi Arabia currently heads the UNHRC.
In the interview, Kalbe Jawwad also alleged that Israel and the United States have a hand in the execution of Al-Nimr. Jawwad, who is presented in the Indian media as a moderate cleric, argued: "The terrorism that presently exists in the world is there because of them. There is Israel, Saudi Arabia, the U.S., Qatar, and Turkey..."
Indian Shi'ite cleric Kalbe Jawwad (on the right)
Following are excerpts from the interview:
"[Nimr Al-Nimr] Protested [Against Terrorism] And Was... [Executed] For That Protest Only; There Is Also The Israeli Hand In It; There Is The U.S. Hand In It"
Interviewer Rizwan Ahmad: "Today one more Islamic cleric was martyred. How long will this continue against our religious leaders and how much longer will the Momineen [faithful Muslims] continue to be martyred? ... We all condemn the way Ayatollah Sheikh Baqar Al-Nimr was martyred it in the strongest terms. We, from our Hussaini channel also, condemn the Saud household..."
Kalbe Jawwad: "[Nimr Al-Nimr] was a very great scholar and provided great services to the religion. And beside religion, the books he wrote, the speeches he gave, and the addresses he delivered were a service for humanity. He raised his voice against terrorism, oppression and the tyranny against minorities that exists there [in Saudi Arabia]...
"He protested [against terrorism] and was given the punishment for that protest only. There is also the Israeli hand in it. There is the U.S. hand in it and other Arab countries, which have unleashed cruelty on minorities and are supporting and sponsoring terrorism, all of them are involved in it. They don't want voices to be raised against terrorism; they falsely say that they are against terrorism but they are not against it. In fact, they are sponsoring it and supporting it. All the weapons that are being provided to all the terrorists or the funding being given to them come solely from these Arabian countries..."
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"Arab Countries Want Neither Unity Nor To Bring An End To Terrorism"; "They Are Supporting Them [Terrorists], Providing Weapons To Them Because They Are The Slaves Of The U.S. And Israel"
Kalbe Jawwad: "Therefore, he [Al-Nimr] was killed by being declared a terrorist. But he had always been against terrorism. He always supported peace and wanted unity among Muslims. But these Arab countries want neither unity nor to bring an end to terrorism. They are promoting it more and more. They are supporting them, providing weapons to them because they are the slaves of the U.S. and Israel.
"They [Arab countries] do whatever they [the U.S. and the Israel] say because they don't have their own policies. Their policy is the policy of Israel; their policy is that of the U.S. Their policy is that Muslims should kill each other and finish each other off. This is their policy. And Saudi Arabia and Qatar and all these countries are solely following that policy. They are the slave countries and they don't have any status and whatever the U.S and whatever the Israel want they achieve through them.
"Similarly, you see the massacre that was carried out in Nigeria; people were doing Majlis [a religious congregation of Shi'ites] in the Imambara [Shi'ite place of worship] and were killed. The Saudi ruler Suleiman congratulated them, the Nigeriam government, that they did a good thing by killing them... They have their links with the terrorists. They don't only support but one may say they sponsor terrorists. This is the joke that the one [Saudi Arabia] which sponsors terrorism has been made the chairman of Human Rights [Commission] in the UN. While terrorism is being carried out by Saudi Arabia throughout the world..."
"This Is The Path Of Jews; It Has Been Said In Their Talmud That Only Jews Have The Right To Live And Nobody Else Has The Right To Live; The Jewish Mentality And The Wahhabi Mentality Are One"
Kalbe Jawwad: "And the Wahhabism that they [Saudis] are spreading - through it, terrorism is being spread in the entire world. Wither in India or Pakistan, most of the terrorism is being spread through Wahhabism. Their mentality is that no one has the right to live except them... This is the path of Jews. It has been said in their Talmud that only Jews have the right to live and nobody else has the right to live. The Jewish mentality and the Wahhabi mentality are one; their policy is exactly similar. That is why we say there is no difference between Saudi and Yahudi [Jews]; their policies are one and they are supporter of each other; in fact, Jews are their patron...
"The terrorism that presently exists in the world is there because of them. There is Israel, Saudi Arabia, the U.S., Qatar, and Turkey... The problem is that the whole world is not united on it. If [the world] unites, it will expose that they are totally hand in glove with the terrorists...
"And the U.S says that it is bombing the terrorists; this bombing is nothing. In fact, I have come to know that they are supplying weapons in the name of bombing. Turkey is buying their oil; the U.S. is buying their oil. The oil that they are stealing from Iraq is being purchased by Turkey, Jordan, the U.S and all other countries. That says, there is full support [for their actions]."
"The Seed Is Being Supplied From Saudi Arabia, Fertilizer Is Being Supplied From Israel, The U.S. Sends Irrigation Materials, And Pakistan Does The Farming [Of Terrorism]"
Kalbe Jawwad: "And the blood that is being shed, all its responsibility for it rests with the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Pakistan - they all are fully involved in terrorism.
"There is a prominent maulana [cleric] in Delhi - [Abdullah] Bukhari - who said Pakistan is the nursery of terrorism... I say this is quite right. The seed is being supplied from Saudi Arabia, fertilizer is being supplied from Israel, the U.S sends irrigation materials, and Pakistan does the farming... They all should be condemned and our demand is to scrap its [Saudi Arabia's] UN membership immediately and impose sanctions on it... And there are sanctions against Iran, which has been the victim of terrorism for years, but there are no sanctions against Saudi Arabia, which is sponsoring terrorism. Therefore, our demand is that it should be internationally banned; its oil should not be purchased, and all its help and aid and all arms and weapons the U.S is supplying to it should be stopped. If it is not stopped then it means that the U.S. is also in support of terrorism..."
"[Asked why the UN didn't act against the Saudi execution of Al-Nimr] The UN itself is a slave. The UN has no status. The U.S. uses it any way it wants; the European nations use it any way they want... Therefore, I have the maximum complaints against the UN, which never supported any victim, but always supported the oppressors..."
Rizwan Ahmad: "What do you say? How should the protestors protest...?"
Kalbe Jawwad: "They should participate in rallies and raise black flags. It is also very important that they send protest emails to the Saudi embassies and to the international human rights offices and to the United Nations [demanding] that [Saudi Arabia] be removed from the UNHRC... [And the UN] Human Rights [Commission] should set up a committee to go there and look into why were these people [Al-Nimr and others] martyred; what was their crime...?
"And they [the Saudis] alleged that he [Al-Nimr] was from Al-Qaeda when Al-Qaeda itself is killing Shi'ites. What a big joke it is that this Shi'ite cleric belongs to Al-Qaeda while Al-Qaeda is killing Shi'ite clerics. How can a Shi'ite cleric become the member of Al-Qaeda? It is like saying, God forbid, that Allah's messenger [Muhammad] was a Jew. Everyone would ridicule it. Similarly, they say that al-Nimr was from Al-Qaeda..."
Source: Youtube.com/watch?v=LMXi83fe0lo, January 3, 2016
