Shia Muslims in Washington hold rally against Daesh terrorists
Hundreds of American Shia Muslims have held an anti-terrorism rally in Washington DC to condemn the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group operating in Syria and Iraq.
The demonstrators, mostly from the DC region, marched to the White House on Sunday while holding signs and chanting slogans against ISIL.
The Shia Muslims censured Daesh for committing terrorist attacks across the world in the name of Islam, including the recent mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.
The Takfiri group claims that a married couple who killed 14 people in the San Bernardino shooting were its followers.
The front row of the marchers was a group of young boys holding placards with words such as “Americans unite against Wahhabi terrorism,” “Muslims against ISIS (ISIL)” and “American Shia Muslims stand with the victims of San Bernardino.”
The rally was held during a religious gathering marking Arba'een, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein.
A few days ago, millions of Shia pilgrims observed the religious rituals for Arba'een in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala, where Imam Hussein's shrine is located.
Some American Muslim groups and prominent US Muslims have been making extra efforts to educate the public about Islam since the recent terrorism-related killings in San Bernardino.
“What’s happening now is we feel even more compelled to come out of our homes,” said Zehra Raza, 27, an electrical engineer from Alexandria, Virginia, who was there with her husband.
“Some [Muslims] were afraid but I think this is the perfect time to come out and stand with people who are oppressed. ISIS (ISIL) is the same as what [Imam] Hussain was fighting 1,400 years ago,” Raza said.
ISIL has persecuted and killed Shia Muslims – among other religious groups and ethnicities – in Syria and Iraq, calling them infidels.
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