The Harassments Practiced by the Iraqi Government on the Upright During the War
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The questioner : That is, Shaykh, we were present in Baghdad, and we are Algerians, meaning we were there to support the Iraqi people during the war. When we heard that Iraq had withdrawn from Kuwait, they moved us to a military barracks outside Baghdad. This military barracks belongs to the Republican Guard. There are brothers there currently; we have returned, and there are brothers there currently who are training with weapons. After we entered the military barracks, we set conditions that there be no shaving of the beard, that we must adhere to the times of prayer on time, and that there be no salute to the flag. They agreed to that. There are brothers currently training, and there are Algerian brothers who arrived yesterday from Algeria to Baghdad, and they traveled today at three in the afternoon to train. That is, brothers, we have not heard anyone saying that you must shave your beard.
The Shaykh : We hope for this, but my brother, strangers like you who went to them as reinforcements, it is not reasonable that their policy would reach the point of imposing their misguidance even on these strangers. But these news reports, meaning, cannot be denied regarding the other strangers who enter Kuwait or enter Iraq while carrying in their hearts the manifestations of Islam. There was harassment regarding such manifestations, many things. That is, sincere people told us some of this. That is, they took their identity cards and did not return them to them until they returned to them with their beards shaved. This is a reality. As for the picture you are describing, it is very reasonable that they give you freedom because you came to them as reinforcements and assistance, so it is not reasonable that they impose their deviation from Islam on you. Do you have anything else?
The questioner : Regarding, our Shaykh, the identity cards, these are because they grew their beards after the war, and the picture in the identity card is without a beard, so they forced these people to shave their beards for fear that they would, meaning, play tricks on them or something like that.
The Shaykh : This is a nice patch... Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : We hope for this, but my brother, strangers like you who went to them as reinforcements, it is not reasonable that their policy would reach the point of imposing their misguidance even on these strangers. But these news reports, meaning, cannot be denied regarding the other strangers who enter Kuwait or enter Iraq while carrying in their hearts the manifestations of Islam. There was harassment regarding such manifestations, many things. That is, sincere people told us some of this. That is, they took their identity cards and did not return them to them until they returned to them with their beards shaved. This is a reality. As for the picture you are describing, it is very reasonable that they give you freedom because you came to them as reinforcements and assistance, so it is not reasonable that they impose their deviation from Islam on you. Do you have anything else?
The questioner : Regarding, our Shaykh, the identity cards, these are because they grew their beards after the war, and the picture in the identity card is without a beard, so they forced these people to shave their beards for fear that they would, meaning, play tricks on them or something like that.
The Shaykh : This is a nice patch... Allah knows best.
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