Sistani's position regaridng the US-Iraqi agreement
from Sistani's website:
The name of God the Merciful
Office of His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sistani a peace which you and God's mercy and blessings:
The agreement asking for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq has been approved in the Council of Ministers, and sent to the House of Representatives to be considered for either ratification or rejection. Many people wonder about the position of His Eminence regarding the agreement. Some claims made by the media suggest that His Eminence have told some governmental officials that His Eminence have agreed on the agreements after the latest amendments
Please clarify
In the name of god
What His Eminence has told the various political leaders during the past days and weeks, is the need to build any agreement aimed at ending foreign presence in Iraq and the country out from under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations on the basis of two things:
First: respecting the interests of the Iraqi people in the present and future, by basically fully restoring Iraq’s sovereignty and achieving security and stability.
Second: obtaining a national consensus for it, that would have the support of the various components of the Iraqi people and the major political groups.
His Eminence has emphasized that any agreement that does not meet these two conditions, and any agreement that would jeopardize Iraq’s political, security, or economic sovereignty, or any agreement that does not guarantee a national consensus, is not acceptable and will cause more suffering, disagreement, and division among Iraqis.
His Eminence also stressed that representatives of the Iraqi people in the House of Representatives bear a major responsibility in this area, and each and every one of them must be at the level of this historic responsibility before God Almighty and to the people. The Representatives of the Iraqi people in the House of Representatives must addresses this important topic in clear and unambiguous way and in accordance to their religion and conscience and without away any other considerations.
May God guide us.
19/11/1429
18/11/2008
The office of Mr. Sistani
Najaf
The name of God the Merciful
Office of His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sistani a peace which you and God's mercy and blessings:
The agreement asking for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq has been approved in the Council of Ministers, and sent to the House of Representatives to be considered for either ratification or rejection. Many people wonder about the position of His Eminence regarding the agreement. Some claims made by the media suggest that His Eminence have told some governmental officials that His Eminence have agreed on the agreements after the latest amendments
Please clarify
In the name of god
What His Eminence has told the various political leaders during the past days and weeks, is the need to build any agreement aimed at ending foreign presence in Iraq and the country out from under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations on the basis of two things:
First: respecting the interests of the Iraqi people in the present and future, by basically fully restoring Iraq’s sovereignty and achieving security and stability.
Second: obtaining a national consensus for it, that would have the support of the various components of the Iraqi people and the major political groups.
His Eminence has emphasized that any agreement that does not meet these two conditions, and any agreement that would jeopardize Iraq’s political, security, or economic sovereignty, or any agreement that does not guarantee a national consensus, is not acceptable and will cause more suffering, disagreement, and division among Iraqis.
His Eminence also stressed that representatives of the Iraqi people in the House of Representatives bear a major responsibility in this area, and each and every one of them must be at the level of this historic responsibility before God Almighty and to the people. The Representatives of the Iraqi people in the House of Representatives must addresses this important topic in clear and unambiguous way and in accordance to their religion and conscience and without away any other considerations.
May God guide us.
19/11/1429
18/11/2008
The office of Mr. Sistani
Najaf
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