Hawzah News Agency (Beirut, Lebanon) – Ayatollah Abdul Amir Qabalan issued a message on Monday in which he condemned the recent terrorist attacks which took place in Baghdad and Sidon causing death of innocent people and initiating riots within the Islamic world.

"Such inhumane crimes indicate the evil nature of takfiri terrorists backed by Israel. The takfiri terrorists and the Zionist regime are two sides of the same coin whose aim is to intimidate and slaughter people. They are out to pose threats and create insecurity in the Islamic countries," the message read.

"Takfiri terrorists backed by Israel carried out their vicious attacks simultaneously with the recent developments in the Occupied Palestine. The Zionists are making new settlements in Palestinian territories to Judaize their lands even more. They want to make Palestinians leave their homes and continue their unjust actions against the innocent people of Palestine," Sheikh Qabalan said in his statement.

 The Lebanese scholar asked Arab, Muslim and Christian leaders to step in and from an alliance against takfiri terrorists backed by Israel in order to uproot the terrorists' ideological and financial sources and help Palestinian people gain their legitimate rights to establish their independent country with Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital. It's only then that the Palestinian refugees can return to their homes.