US EditionAyatollah Ali Khamenei’s Killing Plays Into Shiite Islam’s Reverence for Martyrs, but Not for All Iranians
- On Sunday, supporters of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria staged peaceful demonstrations across northern states following reports that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint US-Israel strike last Saturday.
- The Ummah Movement's National Islamic Centre urged the Nigerian Government to condemn the strikes and revoke military agreements, while protesters said the demonstrations showed solidarity with Iran after the reported killing.
- After prayers, protesters marched from Fagge Jumaat Mosque, waved Iranian flags, and held photos of Khamenei, led by Imam Umar Kurna and attended by Islamic scholars.
- The Nigeria Police Force reiterated it will not allow Nigeria to be a theatre for foreign conflicts, and the Nigerian Embassy in Kuwait advised citizens to stay alert.
- The NIC warned the strikes could draw in Russia and China and threaten Gulf fuel supplies, raising fears of regional escalation, as AI-narrated videos provoked contrasting global reactions.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing plays into Shiite Islam’s reverence for martyrs, but not for all Iranians
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The death of the Supreme Leader on the pretext of allowing the Iranian people to overthrow the regime could have the opposite effect, by federating on the contrary its supporters, conservatives and religious, warns the publisher Kevan Raffi Khansari.
The US and Israel killed a number of top Iranian leaders, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran is said to be ruled by a three-member council until a new supreme leader is elected. However, Israel and the US continued to destroy the Islamic regime's strongholds throughout Monday.
Thousands of members of a pro-Iranian Shiite group descended on Sunday, March 1st in the streets of several cities in northern Nigeria after the death of the Iranian supreme leader, killed by American-Israeli strikes.
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