Grand Ayatollah Safi criticizes silence on killing of Shia Muslims in Nigeria and Pakistan

Safi Golpaygani expressed his deep dismay over the killings of Shia Muslims in Pakistan and Nigeria

Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani expressed his deep dismay over the killings of Shia Muslims in Pakistan and Nigeria and urged Islamic and international forums to condemns such disasters and take due action to stop them.

Reacting to recent killing of Shia Muslims in Nigeria by the army troops, he said that instead of killing Boko Haram terrorists the Nigerian government is killing the oppressed Shias who bear no threat against any Islamic country.

In an attack on the Shia religious site and residence of Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky, leader of Nigerian Shias, in the city of Zaria, tens of people were killed on Sunday morning.