Senior Iraqi Mufti Rafe al-Refaei in an interview with Al Jazeera TV said describing the situation in Iraq:
“We are involved against government terrorism… If control in this country remains in the hands of Maliki and his inner circle, and of course Iran’s inner circle, we have to just wait and see the whole country falling apart. They will describe whoever stands before them as ISIS and al-Qaeda… This government has a sectarian agenda. Maliki is seeking to please his masters in Iran with his ugly sectarianism and by massacring the Sunnis in their provinces. This is the price of this seat that he is willing to sacrifice all the people to remain as prime minister.”
“What is taking place currently in Iraq is that Ghasem Suleimani and his deputy, Masjedi that live in Baghdad, are commanding this whole game with all its details. There are many brigades of militant forces are involved in this assignment. These militant forces include: Asaeb Ahl Haq, Badr forces, Hezbollah and … These forces have trained in Iran. They have been brought to provoke sectarianism, saying for example the ISIS has displaced residents from Fallujah. I am from Fallujah myself and I swear to God none of the residents have fled because of the armed men. In fact people are fleeing the city due to deliberate shelling.”
On the issue of the possibility of dialogue with Maliki, the Iraqi Mufti said, “Are we even permitted to have such dialogue when our children and families are under barrel bombs? Do we have the right to talk with a criminal that is thirsty for the blood of our people? The agenda that Maliki seeks to implement is a mission he has received from his masters. If they actually implement what they are seeking to carry out, he will gain whatever he is seeking. But if he doesn’t he will not reach his demands. Therefore, the issue is not in Maliki’s hands and neither in the government’s hands. Everyone knows that Iraq’s dossier with all its details is under the control of Ghasem Suleimani and his deputy, Masjedi.”
