Reasons Behind Recent Ruling on Sufficiency Jihad to Defend Iraq & Holy Shrines

Sheikh Abdul-Mehdi, El-Kerbala'i, the representative of the Islamic Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatullah Ali Es-Seestany, unveiled the reasons why His Eminence Es-Seestany, ruled on the sufficiency Jihad against the ISIS!He also said that the Islamic Supreme Religious Authority always observes the status of Iraq, and due to the recent aggravated events, Es-Seestany, ruled on Jihad against the armed militant groups; who called themselves, "The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria". He mentioned that the ISIS, now, murder the innocents and destroy sanctuaries, and are attempting to demolish the Holy Shrines in Iraq.He added that the Islamic Supreme Religious Authority always denounces the criminal acts or anything that have negatively affected Iraq throughout the last eleven years.El-Kerbala'i, said further that the ISIS does not belong to Islam, and whatever they do is never related to the Islamic precepts. Therefore, all Iraqi people; who can carry a weapon and knows how to fight have to stand against the ISIS, under the supervision of the Iraqi government and the Iraqi army. By: Wella' Es-SeffarTranslated by: Mohammed Jasim