KUWAIT CITY: Clerics and religious scholars in Kuwait have issued a statement to express their deep grief and condemnation on bringing down the two holy minarets of the already destructed holy shrine of Askariyain in the holy city of Samarra in 13 June bombing.

Quoting a verse of Al-Baqara chapter of holy Quran which says who is the most oppressor than him who prevents from taking Allah’s name in the mosques and tries to destruct them … for them is disgrace in this world and grave punishment in the hereafter, the Kuwaiti clerics demanded from the Iraq government and the occupying forces to protect holy sites, and urged people to follow Maraje, and thwart enemies’ conspiracy.

The clerics include Sayed Mortadha Al-Mohri, Sheikh Muhammad Hasan Al-Jazaf, Sheikh Abdullah Dashti, Sheikh Hussein Matok, SAyed Muhammad Baqer Al-Mohri, Sheikh Sadeq Bo-Abbas, Sheikh Shabbir Ashkanani, Sheikh Rajab Ali Rajab, Sheikh Ali Hasan Ghalom, Sheikh Jabir Dashti, Sheikh Muhammad Joma’a, Sheikh MOrtadha Faraj, Sheikh Ali Al-Jadi, Sheikh Yousaf Mulla Hadi, Sheikh Abdullah An-Najadah, Sheikh Hussein Al-QAllaf, Sayed Mojtaba Al-Mohri, Sheikh Hafez Nasser, Sayed Hashim Al-Hashimi, Sheikh Muhammad Ashkanani, Sheikh Ali Al-Mousa and Sheikh Muhammad Shahab.