Saudi Arabia’s top cleric said Iranians are “not Muslims”, after Iran’s supreme leader launched a fresh tirade over the kingdom’s handling of the hajj pilgrimage, AFP reports quoting a Saudi newspaper on Tuesday. “We must understand these are not Muslims, they are children of Magi and their hostility towards Muslims is an old one. Especially with the people of Sunna,” Grand Mufti Abdulaziz al-Sheikh told Makkah daily, referring to pre-Islamic beliefs in Iran and to the Sunnis who make up the main branch of Islam. The grand mufti’s comments came a day after Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Muslim world should challenge Saudi management of Islam’s two holiest sites in Mecca and Medina. #Saudi Grand Mufti replies to Khamenei lies by calling #Iran‘s leaders “descendants of Zoroastrians” & “not Muslims” https://t.co/WjK7UDkNpG — David A. Weinberg (@DavidAWeinberg) September 6, 2016“Because of Saudi rulers’ oppressive behaviour towards God’s guests, the world of Islam must fundamentally reconsider the management of the two holy places and the issue of hajj,” Khamenei wrote on his website.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 06, 2016 16:30 UTC