DID Press: Hayreddin Karaman, a prominent Islamic jurist and theology professor in Turkey, has issued a strong warning against attempts by certain religious and political factions to provoke sectarian confrontation with Iran.
In a significant commentary published in the newspaper Yeni Şafak, Karaman sharply criticized groups he accused of exploiting religious divisions to justify conciliatory policies toward the United States and Israel, while simultaneously seeking to weaken what he described as the “resistance axis.”
He stated that some circles have resorted to the weapon of takfir—declaring other Muslims apostates—in order to portray the beliefs of people in Iran as outside the boundaries of Islam, by emphasizing historical and theological differences.
Karaman stressed that “raising religious disputes at the present time is not permissible,” and explicitly declared that supporting the United States and Israel—or siding with them against Iran and the resistance in Gaza Strip—is fundamentally incompatible with Sunni Islamic principles.
This firm stance directly challenges efforts by extremist factions and aligned media outlets that, according to Karaman, seek to inflame anti-Shia sentiment in order to shape public opinion in Turkey and across the Muslim world in favor of Israel.