The History of Islam is replete with the unabated persecution of Shia Muslims for the last thirteen hundred years. The imperialist United States propped up a despotic Sunni Muslim ruler, Saddam Hussein, in our country though we constituted majority. Little wonder, he unleashed a reign of terror on us, the Shia Muslims. Even when the US waged a war against Saddam Hussein to get Kuwait from his clutches, we did not get our due share and the US betrayed us though we threw our weight behind the US against despotic Saddam Hussein.

Perhaps, oil interest of the US in Saudi Arabia, smarting smugly as the custodian of Sunni Islam in the world in the wake of increasing power of the petro-dollar, failed to see the ground realities in the picturesque Iraq.
Even when the US has paid and is paying a heavy price by attacking Saddam’s Iraq, it has failed to enlist the whole-hearted support of the Shia Muslims, as the US can’t displease its oil-ally Saudi Arabia.

Now under the overt pressure of Saudi Arabia, the US has launched a tirade against our neighbor, Iran, the Shia-dominated country in the world, in the name of containing the weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The call of the time is for the unification of voices of all Shia Muslims spread all over the world, particularly in the Islamic countries, against this domination of Sunni Muslims and their smug claim to be true heir of the legacy of the Prophet.

Yes, Islam calls for the universal brotherhood and all the Muslims, irrespective to their allegiance to various schools of thought should stand united against any attack on their religion, which has become a throne in the eyes of the Christian world, but does it mean the Majority Sunni Muslims should be allowed to perpetuate atrocities on their Sunni Muslim brothers.