Riyadh: A number of grand muftis and senior scholars across the Islamic world strongly condemned and denounced the Iranian aggression against several Gulf, Arab, and Islamic countries, including attacks targeting residential areas and civilian infrastructure, particularly the blatant aggression against Saudi Arabia, which hosts Islam's holiest sites, including the Kaaba and the Prophet's Mosque, and the threats faced by its surroundings. They affirmed the full right of the affected states to take measures necessary to protect their security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, and to deter aggression.
According to Saudi Press Agency, in calls and cables received by the Muslim World League (MWL), the scholars expressed deep sorrow over what they described as unprecedented aggression by a state considered Islamic against neighbors not engaged in military confrontation, voicing full support for the positions issued by the MWL in this regard.
They stressed that if Iran does not cease its aggressive attacks, it will face Islamic isolation, followed by risks and consequences stemming from actions driven by ill intent and disregard for right and wrong.
MWL Secretary-General and Chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa expressed deep appreciation for the sentiments of Islamic solidarity expressed by scholars, noting their emphasis on unity and enhancing bonds across the Islamic world, and highlighting their firm stance that such reckless and miscalculated aggression is unprecedented among Islamic nations.