The Iranian Foreign Ministry has
condemned the killing of Muslims in Nigeria,
saying it is a “worrisome and unacceptable”
move.
“The repetition of the brutal killing of
Muslims in a peaceful religious gathering,
which was devoid of any threat and violence,
is cause of concern and unacceptable,”
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram
Qassemi said on Tuesday.
He urged the Nigerian officials to
exercise more vigilance against any act of
violence and strife and adopt serious
measures to prevent the recurrence of such
crimes.
Nearly 100 people were killed and hundreds
more injured after the Nigerian armed forces
opened fire on a group of followers of the
Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), the
country's largest Shia group, in the northern
city of Kano on Monday, the movement said.
The casualties were caused after soldiers
fired live rounds and tear gas at mourners
during a peaceful march held ahead of the
upcoming Arba’een mourning rituals, which
mark 40 days after the martyrdom
anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the
grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Violence broke out when police tried to
disperse thousands of people, including
women and children, who were marching from
Kano to Kaduna state for the mourning
rituals. Nigerian forces claimed they opened
fire on the crowd after one of their officers
was hurt.
The latest deadly attack on the mourning
march comes despite a letter by the London-
based Islamic Human Rights Commission
(IHRC) that had called on the government of
President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the
safety of the IMN followers during the
Arba’een commemorations.
Followers of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria
have been subjected to heavy-handed
crackdown since last year when the army
attacked a religious ceremony in their
stronghold of Zaria in the north.
In December 2015, Nigerian forces raided the
house of the IMN’s leader, Sheikh Zakzaky,
and arrested him after killing those
attempting to protect him, including one of
the movement's senior leaders and its
spokesman.
This file photo released on social media
purportedly shows the leader of the
Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh
Zakzaky while being arrested after being
shot by Nigerian soldiers in December
2015.
The sheikh himself was shot seven times
during the attacks and blinded in one eye and
still remains in custody of the army.
The raid occurred a day after Nigerian
soldiers attacked a group of Muslims
attending a ceremony at a religious center in
the city of Zaria, accusing them of blocking
the convoy of the army’s chief of staff and
attempting to assassinate him.
The Islamic Human Rights Commission
released a report, saying the Nigerian army
killed 348 Muslims during the attack on the
religious ceremony.

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Abeg, if they really want to help us here in Nigeria, they should look into the Fulani herdsmen and of course, the Boko Haram issue

InyinyaAgbaOku:
Abeg, if they really want to help us here in Nigeria, they should look into the Fulani herdsmen and of course, the Boko Haram issue

They dont care about our sunni problems.

Blue3k:

They dont care about our sunni problems.

Exactly To them any non Shiite is non Muslim