Antichrist Says No More Help From Babylon The Great (Rev 17)

Al-Sadr: We Need To Combat IS Without Western Support

Islamic and Arab countries should cooperate in fighting the jihadis, says Shiite leader

Basnews  |  Mewan Dolamari

05.02.2015  14:59

BAGHDAD  An Iraqi cleric has condemned the brutal murder of Jordanian pilot by Islamic State (IS) and believes the cooperating with western powers is unnecessary in the fight against the extremists.Radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr condemned the brutal murder of Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh, burnt alive by IS, and said the militants should be tackled without the intervention of western countries“We don’t require the help of western powers anymore,” said al-Sadr on Wednesday.

“We should no longer help westerners target IS positions, instead we should fight the militants ourselves.”

“Muslim and Arab countries should cooperate and destroy IS,” he added.

Since the liberation of Iraq in 2003 by the US, Shia officials have stood against western powers’ intervention in Iraq.