Iran: Sunnis To Pray In Capital's Parks Over Lack Of Mosque

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IRAN: SUNNIS TO PRAY IN CAPITAL'S PARKS OVER LACK OF MOSQUE
Source: AKI, Italy


Tehran - The approximately 500,000 Sunnis living in the Iranian capital, Tehran will on Friday begin a prayer protest at the decades-long failure by the authorities to build them a mosque, former Kurdish Sunni MP Jalal Jalalizadeh has announced. "We Sunnis have been waiting for a mosque for more than 20 years and we demand permission to build a mosque where we can gather to pray and mark religious festivals," Jalalizadeh said.Successive governments in Tehran have not only denied Sunnis permission to build a mosque, but have recently put strong pressure on Islamabad to ban Sunnis in Tehran from praying in Pakistani schools.

"Given this situation, we have no option but to make public our plight. From this Friday onwards, we will hold prayers in Tehran's parks," Jalalizadeh stated.

Sunni Muslims, make up 9 percent of Iran's population, which is 89 percent Shiite. Zoroastrians, Jews, Christians and Bahais make up ther remaining two percent.

[Khan Baba]

I think it is Iran's internal problem and I think they shuold do something about it. What I know about Ahmadinijad, there should no such problem, may be an exagerated report.

[farzad khan Armani]

there is problem for iran ,s sunis and there is discimination against them but not on extreme level.
many shaits in iran do,nt call sunis muslims but like khan baba said,,that this is thier internal problem.
the kurdish are the suni muslims in iran and baluchis too.
muslims sholud not be divided further by the west in the name of shia or suni and we hope for peaceful sulotion for the problems suni muslims face in iran.