Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei calls on British Muslims to contend against UK Government legislation which contravenes shari’a law.
Cranmer:-
Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei attended the holy mausoleum of the late Imam Khomeini yesterday and recited the first sura of the Holy Qur’an to remember him. He confirmed that Her Majesty the Queen has invited him to the United Kingdom in September – an official state visit; the first ever granted to an ayatollah – and that he has been gracious to accept.
And then he made a speech, addressed to British Muslims and to imams in particular, calling for Islamic unity to contend against Government legislation which contravenes shari’a law. The Ayatollah condemned the ‘unjust limitations on the freedom of Muslims to act in accordance with their beliefs’, and he urged imams to ensure Islam’s moral teaching was always presented in its ‘entirety’ and ‘convincingly defended’ with ‘Jihadi zeal’. He told the assembled leaders to ensure their faithful knew he ‘holds them in his heart’.
He urged them warmly to welcome disaffected Christians who wanted to convert to the Islamic faith, and he looks forward to a new system of Anglo-Islam accommodating whole Christian congregations who are opposed to women or homosexual priests and bishops.
The speech has caused a few ripples in the media, but Her Majesty’s Government have made no response to what may be perceived as fomenting treason and civil unrest.
The full speech is below:
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