ISLAMABAD/TEHRAN – Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Naser Mukarem Shirazi has askedthe members of Hazara community, who are protesting the brutal killings ofcoal miners, to bury their loved ones.
In a statementlinkonFriday, Shirazi said that “it must not mean we would stand down on thedemands put forward for the government.”
“It is binding on us to respect the bodies of the martyrs,” said the Shiacleric, highlighting that the Pakistani scholars, too, have advised thecommunity to bury their dead.
“Soon terrorism will end be exterminated from the Islamic countries,” headded while praying for the slain miners and their relatives.
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The Hazara community has been protesting since Sunday, after 10 miners weremassacred by terrorists near a coal field in Balochistan’s Machh town, andhave refused to bury their loved ones until the prime minister goes to meetthem.
