Ayatollah Ramazani urges Muslim states to demand guarantees on Sheikh Zakzaky health

The Secretary General of the World Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) Assembly urged Muslim countries to demand that Nigeria’s government ensure the safety and health of senior Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky.
Ayatollah Ramazani urges Muslim states to demand guarantees on Sheikh Zakzaky health

The Secretary General of the World Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) Assembly urged Muslim countries to demand that Nigeria’s government ensure the safety and health of senior Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky.

 

Speaking at a forum in Tehran on Tuesday marking the 4th anniversary of the Zaria Massacre in Nigeria, Ayatollah Reza Ramazani said Islamic countries should use their social and political capacities and demand ensuring Sheikh Zakzaky’s health.

 

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should also act in this respect, he said.

 

Ayatollah Ramazani noted that Sheikh Zakzkay’s health is in critical conditions and he should receive treatment immediately.

 

In December 2015, the Nigerian army raided Sheikh Zakzaky’s residence and nearby buildings in the northern city of Zaria.

 

The top cleric, who is in his mid-sixties, lost his left eyesight in the raid. More than 340 people, including the Sheikh’s sons, were also killed at the hands of the Nigerian army.

 

Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife as well as a large number of his supporters were arrested following the raid.

 

The Sheikh was charged just in April 2018 with murder, culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, disruption of public peace and other accusations. He has pleaded not guilty.

 

In 2016, Nigeria’s federal high court ordered his unconditional release from jail following a trial, but the government has so far refused to set him free although his health has been deteriorating in detention.

بنیاد بین المللی عاشورا

«بنیاد بین‌المللی عاشورا» مؤسسه‌ای غیر دولتی و غیر انتفاعی است که به منظور گسترش فرهنگ حیات‌بخش و حماسه‌آفرین عاشورا و ایجاد جریان مستمر و پویا در حوزۀ بسط و گسترش سیرۀ حضرت امام حسین (ع) و زنده نگه داشتن فرهنگ عاشورا از سال ۱۳۹۳ هجری شمسی زیر نظر «مجمع جهانی اهل بیت (علیهم‌السلام)» شروع به فعالیت کرده و سعی دارد در این راه با بهره‌گیری از ابزارهای نوین علمی، پژوهشی، فرهنگی، هنری، مطبوعاتی، تبلیغاتی و فضای مجازی و با خلق آثار برجسته و نیز گسترش فعالیت‌ها و خدمات علمی و فرهنگی و مشارکت بیش از پیش علما و اندیشمندان جهان اسلام و تشیّع گام بردارد.

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