Iran Says Hizbullah Fighting 'Enemies' Plans' in Syria
Iran on Thursday expressed that Hizbullah's involvement in the Syrian war is a defense against “the enemies' plans,” stressing that the party does not interfere in “sectarian conflicts.”
"All the Islamic world respects and values Hizbullah for its fight against the enemies of Islam, particularly against the Zionists,” Iranian foreign ministry's spokesperson Abbas Araqji said, explaining that the party's “procedures in defending Syria aim at facing the enemies' plans.”
"Hizbullah is a symbol of resistance against the Zionist entity,” he remarked,
Araqji said the party “has proved that it does not interfere in sectarian and internal conflicts.”
Commenting on Influential Muslim cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi's criticism of Hizbullah, Araqji stated: “He (al-Qaradawi) might have gotten confused between God and Satan.”
"What is expected from al-Qaradawi, who's the godfather of Takfiri groups, is to work towards uniting Muslims.”
Al-Qaradawi lashed out at Hizbullah's involvement in Syria earlier in June, calling it the “party of Satan.”
He also called on Sunni Muslims to join the rebels fighting the Syrian regime.
Qaradawi, a controversial figure in the West but who has millions of supporters, mostly from the Muslim Brotherhood, also hit out at Iran for backing the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad.
"Every Muslim trained to fight and capable of doing that (must) make himself available" to support the Syrian rebels, the cleric said at a rally in Doha late Friday.
"Iran is pushing forward arms and men (to back the Syrian regime), so why do we stand idle?" he said, branding Hizbullah, which means the party of God in Arabic, as the "party of Satan."
Source: Naharnet
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