Iran’s Sunnis, Saudi’s Shias; a Fair Comparison Saturday, 18 June 2011 10:59 Note:Some national media sources have been publishing articles to compare the situation ofboth Sunni community of Iran and Shiite community of Saudi Arabia. These elements claim thatSunni community in Iran has more civil rights and liberties than Shiites in Saudi. Dear readers, the following article is a brief comparison of the two communities, the situation is beingpresented, you can analyze the matter from a different side. We only provide some credibleinformation; final judgment is up to you. Republic & Kingdom: “Republic” and “Kingdom” are two well-known types of governing around the world. In republican states, masses elect their rulers, policy makers and chiefs of states; in other words, people, regardless to difference of language, skin color, religion and race independently cost their votes and give approval to leaders, eventually those who get vote of majority have right to hold the government. "Islamic Republic": When the title “republic” appears with affix of “Islamic”, it means that the rules of that state are based on Islam. The Islamic laws and jurisprudence urge on taking care of the civil and religious rights of minorities, it prohibits from injustice actions. On the other hand, “kingdom” system of governing means rule of royal family on a country, they hold key posts and make mostly the interior and foreign policies. The Islamic Republic of Iran came into existence after a long nation-wide protest and struggle which succeeded to defeat the ex-kingdom regime of Iran, the world saw the victory of a public revolution in February 1979 in Iran. The Iranian nation, Shiites and Sunnis, backed the anti-Shah movement due to its motto “Islamic Republic”. In short words, key posts are distributed in kingdom system by SELECTION and in democratic and republican regimes by ELECTIONS. After knowing these details, it looks very amazing to compare “Islamic Republic” of Iran with the 1 / 3
