On the event of Prophet Mohammed’s delivery anniversary, Khamenei wrote on X, “The enemies of Islam have at all times tried to make us detached with regard to our shared identification as an Islamic Ummah. We can not contemplate ourselves to be Muslims if we’re oblivious to the struggling {that a} Muslim is enduring in Myanmar, Gaza, India, or some other place.”
Speaking about Iran, he mentioned, “Sick-wishers have been fueling spiritual variations within the Islamic world for a very long time now, particularly in Iran.”
Inside hours of this tweet, the Indian authorities reacted strongly to the assertion calling it “unacceptable”.
“We strongly deplore the feedback made relating to minorities in India by the Supreme Chief of Iran. These are misinformed and unacceptable,” the ministry of exterior affair ministry mentioned in an announcement.
“International locations commenting on minorities are suggested to take a look at their very own report earlier than making any observations about others,” the ministry mentioned.
In a separate publish, the Iranian chief additionally raised the problem of the “oppressed folks of Gaza and Palestine”. He mentioned that attaining the “necessary purpose of upholding the Islamic Ummah’s honor can solely be realized by unity”.
Earlier in August 2019, Khamenei had additionally commented on India’s resolution to scrap the particular standing of Jammu and Kashmir and expressed concern concerning the state of affairs of Muslims.
“We’re involved about Muslims’ state of affairs in #Kashmir. We’ve got good relations with India, however we count on the Indian authorities to undertake a simply coverage in the direction of the noble folks of Kashmir and forestall the oppression & bullying of Muslims on this area,” he had mentioned in his publish.
