Sheikh Hamoudi: The Fatwa Was a Divine Inspiration and the PMF Must Be Kept Free from Partisan Domination

Baghdad-INA

Head of the Islamic Supreme Council Sheikh Hummam Hamoudi said on Saturday that The Fatwa of The Sufficient Jihad was a divine inspiration granted to a courageous religious authority, stressing that the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) must remain a project of the religious authority for a free and independent Iraq and a dignified people by keeping it away from partisan domination and politicization.

Speaking at a dialogue forum, Hamoudi said that “The Fatwa of The Sufficient Jihad was a divine inspiration granted to a courageous religious authority, embodying a clear vision for the future that turned tragedy into security, hardship into ease, and fragmentation into cohesion and victory.”

He added that “ISIS was a Zionist project and, through the massacres it committed in Speicher and elsewhere, embodied the dark face of tyrants such as Hitler, Netanyahu, Saddam and the Baath, as well as the school of killing, chauvinism and terrorism.”

“We thank Sayyid Ali al-Sistani for saving the country through his fatwa, and we thank the people who responded to it with their Iraqi conscience. We also thank all those who extended assistance in ending the most malicious project that targeted our existence, sought to fragment our nation and distort Islam,” he said.

Hamoudi noted that “through its sacrifices, courage and strength of faith, the PMF achieved victories and accomplishments within three years that are now being studied abroad, after the world had believed the battle could last for many years.”

He stressed that “the PMF must remain a project of the religious authority for a free and independent Iraq and a dignified people, by keeping it away from partisan domination and politicization.”

Hamoudi expressed hope that the PMF Commission would be as Sayyid al-Sistani intended it to be, as the people trust it to be, and as it is expected to be, adding that it should receive the highest levels of training, possess a strong sense of responsibility and cooperate with other security forces.

He pointed out that “the uncovering of a Baathist cell that had planned to target the head of the National Security Service and senior officers confirms that the Baathist project has not ended,” warning that Iraq’s enemies are still lying in wait and that Iraqi people should remain vigilant.