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A Shia Muslim has been jailed for three years and nine months for vandalism attacks on five mosques in Birmingham. Arman Rezazadeh, who is of Iranian descent, used a sledgehammer to smash windows and doors in Perry Barr, Aston and Erdington on 21 March. The 34-year-old admitted religiously aggravated criminal damage. Judge Michael Chambers QC said Rezazadeh had been "motivated by religious hatred" and all the mosques he attacked were used by Sunni Muslims. Rezazadeh sparked a major hate crime inquiry supported by anti-terror police, Birmingham Crown Court heard. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-50588463 https://quran.com/en/al-anam/65 Say, “He ˹alone˺ has the power to unleash upon you a torment from above or below you or split you into ˹conflicting˺ factions and make you taste the violence of one another.” See how We vary the signs, so perhaps they will comprehend. 2016: Row breaks out between UK Sunni and Shia over Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr execution https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/27/sunni-shia-tensions-in-uk Thursday 4 Aug 2022 https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/04/london-intruders-storm-azerbaijan-embassy-and-take-down-flag-17130157/ Intruders storm balcony of Azerbaijan embassy in London and take down flag It is a Shia Muslim organisation based in London which says it wants to establish ‘civilisational dominance’ on its website. Its leader Yasser Al-Habib is a controversial cleric whose film The Lady Of Heaven had to be pulled from UK cinemas earlier this year after protests from some Sunni Muslims offended by its interpretation of Islamic history. Members linked to the group have cited ‘persecution’ by the Azerbaijani government of some Shia Muslims in the country. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2662726/Radical-Sunni-Islamists-face-jail-attack-group-Shiites-case-Muslim-sectarian-violence-Britain.html Radical Sunni Islamists face jail for attack on group of Shi'ites 'in first case of Muslim sectarian violence in Britain' Violence broke out during protest organised by preacher Anjem Choudary Two men were beaten with placards and sticks during event in London Ginger-haired Jordan Horner, 20, attacked man after calling him a 'kuffir' Other Sunni members Mohammed Almagir, 34, Mirza Ali, 38, Mohad Uddin, 36, and Kamran Khan, 29, joined in, shouting 'Shias are the enemy within' Horner, Ali, Almagir and Uddin guilty of violent disorder, and Khan of affray Group all due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey tomorrow A Sunni Muslim is held in connection with the killings of Shia men in New Mexico https://www.npr.org/2022/08/12/1117128375/a-sunni-muslim-is-held-in-connection-with-the-killings-of-shia-men-in-new-mexico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mahdi_Servants_Union The Mahdi Servants Union (Arabic: إتحاد خدام المهدي), previously Khoddam Al-Mahdi Organization (Arabic: هيئة خدام المهدي, lit. 'The Servants of al-Mahdi')[1][2] is a Twelver Shia religious group based in London, England, led by Kuwaiti cleric Yasser Al-Habib. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_of_Heaven The Lady of Heaven is a 2021 historical drama film written by the Twelver Shia cleric Yasser Al-Habib, the spiritual leader and founder of The Mahdi Servants Union as well as Fadak TV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_state https://makarem.ir/main.aspx?typeinfo=23&lid=1&catid=24375&mid=250269 The Shia are not Muslims https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-sunni-shiite-divide-in-the-middle-east-is-about-nationalism-not-a-conflict-within-islam/ The Sunni-Shiite divide in the Middle East is about nationalism, not a conflict within Islam Sunnis and Shiites managed to coexist during most of their history when a modicum of political order provided security for both communities. In other words, the two communities are not genetically predisposed to fight each other. Conflict is not in their DNA, and war is not their destiny. - Ömer Taşpınar December 31, 2018
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