Hakeem: We do not allow any to have audacity against our religious authorities
10/08/2013 12:20:00
Baghdad (NINA) – Leader of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC), Ammar al-Hakeem, rejected anybody to have audacity against the religious authorities.
On his Facebook web site, Hakeem said that the presence of religious authorities in our nation is not an alien one, it has its historic role, and if somebody does not believe in the religious authorities that is his problem.
Hakeem went of saying, "We will not tolerate who does have audacity against our religious authorities.
Few days ago, lawmaker Izzat al-Shabinder, said in a statement to the press that religious authorities attempt to take the role of the state through playing on the peoples' emotions.
And lawmaker from the Kurdish Alliance, Farhad Atroushi, rejected the way some lawmakers give up their pensions as being mere election campaigning.
He criticized interference of Shiite authorities in this matter, demanding them to stick to main outlines because Iraq is not a theocratic state. / End.
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