Maryam Rajavi: The destruction of Sunni chapel in Tehran is an anti-Islamic, sectarian and criminal act
sectarian and criminal act and called on all defenders of human rights, freedom of religion and belief and the international community, especially the Muslim countries and in Europe and the US to protest against it.
According to reports on Wednesday morning, July 29, suppressive forces destroyed “Poonak” chapel in Tehran, which had long been closed forcibly and holding prayers in it had been prevented.
The destruction of this chapel happens while the clerical regime has denied a mosque for large Sunni population in Tehran and has strongly prevented them of building a mosque.
Suppressive policies of the clerical regime against the Sunnis has intensified during Rouhani’s presidency. During this period a large number of Sunni prisoners in Gohardasht, Orumiyah, Miando-ab, Chahbhar, Zahedan and Zabol prisons were executed and a number of Sunni clerics and citizens in Sistan and Baluchistan province have been assassinated.
Maryam Rajavi called on Muslim clerics, especially Shia clerics, not to remain silent against repression and discrimination against Sunnis in Iran and not allow the mullahs regime to continue their inhuman crimes in the name of Islam and Shiite. She called on all Iranian people especially young people of every religion to support their Sunni brothers and sisters. “As long as this regime is in power, execution, torture, repression, oppression and double discrimination against various ethnic groups and followers of other religions continues, and this disaster will only end by changing the regime and the establishment of democracy and popular rule rather than the rule of the clergy”, Mrs. Rajavi added.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran in his adopted plan of November 11, 1985 on the relationship between religion and state states that: “Any compulsory religious or ideological education, and forcing to perform or not to perform the religious customs and traditions is prohibited. The right to education, advocacy and freely performing customs and traditions of all religions, and respect and security of all of their sites are guaranteed” and “imposing any discrimination on the followers of various religions in enjoyment of their individual and social rights is prohibited. None of the citizens will have an advantage or disadvantage for his or her belief or not believing in a religion in getting elected, election, employment, education, justice and other social or individual rights.” The plan adds: “The qualification of judicial authorities is not stemmed from their religious and ideological positions, and a law that is not stemmed from the legislative authority, will have no legitimacy and authority.”
