Sheikh Abdul Mahdi Al-Karbalai
Among the subjects discussed by His Eminence:-
First Matter:
At a time when we express sorrow and strong condemnation of what
happened in the attacks of Adhamiya district last Wednesday night, we
are hopeful that political leaders and the media to deal with such events
on the national and religious responsibilities, imposed by the sensitive
and special circumstances in which a country is facing by the ISIS
terrorism that targets everyone without exception, and that there are
many and constant attacks in Baghdad and other places that primarily
targets innocent citizens and aims for maximum loss in victims, intended
to spark blind revenge or stirring sectarian strife, therefore everyone is
expected to deal with everything that happens consciously and wisely,
avoiding repetition or be dragged by emotions and reactionary in the
speech, which sometimes consists hasty accusation toward sectarian
issues and creates agitation by one component against another, the
fargility of the situation faced by the country, especially in mixed areas in
which different components of the Iraqi people live, obliges us to work in
all our capacities and all we can to maintain the peaceful coexistence
and harmony based on the harmony between these components; here
we should praise the swift action by adapted by security forces through
which they controlled the latest events, which is a cause for optimism,
that the security forces would stand firm against any attempts to provoke
sedition and will act professionally fit by national and religious
responsibility.
Second matter:
Analysing the reasons that led to the fall of Mosul and other cities by ISIS
terrorists in June of last year, and subsequently that resulted in great
sacrifices of the Iraqi people and the depletion of substantial amounts of
money and resources in the face of these gangs their danger, calls for a
comprehensive plan to re-build the Iraqi military establishment in the
light of the standards and controls of professional military institutions in
other countries, including reformation in the selection of national
leaders in various roles, away from any favoritism or courtesy or
affiliation to a narrower circle of loyalty to the people and the homeland.
It is also important that the intelligence service fulfils its right in sight
of paying attention to developing numerous aspects of it including
building it on the basis of true professionalism, to be able to fulfil its role
to the success of the military establishment. It is necessary at this
particular stage the practise of an initiative for all the forces that are
fighting terrorism to coordinate their efforts and transcend all partisan
and personal interests; this is the most important condition for its
success and victory.
Third matter:
The suffering continues of the injured and the families of the martyrs and
displaced families for their homes, in light of the failure of government
institutions to secure the needs of these people accordingly, as it is more
worthy of the respected affluent citizens to continue to provide assistance
to them as they have been during the past months, in sight of national
responsibility and legitimacy and morality, we also recommend that all
citizens need to deal in gentle approach and save the dignity of the
displaced people who left their homes and their money unwillingly and
wish to return to it as soon as possible, by God consider and understand
these people as your brothers and sisters, love them as you love
yourselves, and dislike for them what you would detest for yourselves.
Dear brothers and sisters, I will clarify some of the last things to you,
many of the displaced brothers complain of ill-treatment by some (only
some) of the citizens, or by some security officers at some checkpoints (I
reiterate only some) dealing with them in an ill-mannered approach, these
people are our brothers, they are our sisters, they did not seek us
voluntarily, leaving their land, their towns, their money unwillingly, they
have the rights by us, and if we could not help them then we have to at
least treat them kindly, the day will for their return, they are most
nostalgic to return to their cities to their villages to their money, when
they return only our actions will be left behind and we have great rewards
by God Almighty, and if we do not treat them well we will be held
accountable in front of The Almighty God, thus the signs of a faithful
man is loving for his brother what he loves for himself, he could imagine
himself in a similar situation to his displaced brother; how does he wish
to be treated by others? He is to hate for his brother what he would hate to
be faced with, and these are signs of true faith. We ask the Almighty God
to enlighten and guide us to follow His Path, for He is The Listener and
The Responder.
