Hawzah News Agency-As a step towards bridging gap between Shias and Sunnis and sending out a message of a common Muslim platform, Iranian Shia cleric Hojatol Islam Sayed Mehdi Alizadeh Mousavi President of the Institute for Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, offered joint Jumah namaz at Lucknow's historic Masjid Teela Shah Peer Mohammad -popularly called Teele wali Masjid in Lucknow on Friday.
While the mosque is under Sunni management, the namaz was also led by Maulana Qari Mannan-son of the current Imam of the mosque- Maulana Fazlul Mannan. Along with Hojatol Islam Alizadeh was also present Hojatol Islam Kalbe Sadiq, senior vice president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board and others from the Shia community, offering prayers together with Sunni brethren in the jam-packed mosque.
In his address post the namaz, Hojatol Islam Alizadeh said that it was important for Shias and Sunnis to come together to fight radical ideologies who want to mar any attempts of unity. "Clerics and people for both Iran and India should form a joint committee to foster unity and support and initiate such joint efforts," he said. "We are all but Muslims and the Quran does not demarcate amongst us as Shias or Sunnis, and so we need to do the same," he added.
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