It is not right to listen to any sectarian language and incitement, being it Sunni or Shiite and from inside Bahrain or outside. And while we welcome support of international media for the cause of the this people in its struggle to achieve legitimate demands just as other peoples were given such support, nevertheless, we call on all, inside and outside the country, and whether or this side or that, to abandon sectarian language that can only do harm and does not fix anything.

All sides, in the country, must be aware that poisoning the educational and social environment with sectarianism and hatred is an ugly crime and a catastrophic tragedy against the coming generations and the present and future of the country. Only those who want to assassinate the country and make the life of the coming generations a misery would do such a thing.

Friday sermon( ١٤٤ )/ ٤ th March ١١٠٢

National unity and the unity of the nation

Is the relationship between national unity and the unity of the nation a harmonic relationship, or is it a relationship of conflict? Does maintaining the security of Bahrain come in conflict with maintaining the security of the nation? Does my pride of Bahrain conflict my pride of the nation? Does my loyalty to Bahrain in the means of what God approves, come in conflict with my loyalty to the nation? Or is it the contrary? Is the relationship between them considered compatible and harmonic?

When we take loyalty, interest, and victory, etc., in the Islamic sense, there is no conflict at all. But when we look at it in an ignorant way, then it becomes a matter of conflict. We are Muslims, and we have to take matters by their meanings in Islam. The power of the nation in the big