We Do Not Support Shia Iran—We Support Whoever Fights Zion

In recent weeks, the Ummah has witnessed powerful shifts. As missiles fall on Tel Aviv and drones reach Israeli military outposts, a debate brews—not about whether Israel is the aggressor, but whether Muslims should support Iran, simply because it is Shia.

Let us be clear from the outset: this is not a defence of Shiism. This is not a rebranding of sectarian history. And it is not a call to forget or ignore the pain that many Sunnis have experienced at the hands of some Iranian policies or militias in places like Syria or Iraq. That is a real part of our contemporary history, and we do not sugarcoat it.

But here is the reality: today, Iran is fighting Israel. And if we, as Sunni Muslims, cannot separate doctrine from duty, then we have betrayed our own priorities and misunderstood the nature of this conflict.

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This Is Not About Sect—This Is About the Ummah

The question we must ask is not: Is Iran Shia?
But rather: Who is standing with the oppressed in Gaza, and who is standing with the occupier?

Because as it stands:

• Iran, despite its theological deviation from Ahlus Sunnah, is arming and funding Sunni resistance groups in Palestine.
• The so-called Sunni regimes—Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt—are either normalising with Israel, collaborating diplomatically, or actively blockading Palestinian aid.

We must not become so consumed with sectarian identity that we ignore the justice or injustice of a cause. When Allah commands us to stand for justice, He does not ask us to first check the madhhab of the oppressed.

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Support for Iran’s Resistance Is Not Support for Shiism

This cannot be stressed enough: supporting Iran’s military response against Israel is not an endorsement of its theology. No serious Sunni da’i, scholar, or writer would conflate the two. We are not calling for wilayat al-faqih. We are not whitewashing Iran’s past actions. We are saying that, today, they are hitting the enemy of the Ummah, and that matters.

If the roles were reversed—if it were a Shia population being slaughtered in Quds and Sunni Pakistan or Turkey were the only ones responding—would we not call upon the Shia to support those strikes?

This is the exact same principle.

The Prophet ﷺ once took military protection from a non-Muslim during his migration. Was that support for kufr? No—it was a strategic move in a hostile world. If we can make such pragmatic alliances, why can’t we support a Muslim nation that is hitting our greatest enemy, regardless of their sectarian faults?

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Israel: The Only Constant Threat to the Ummah

Let’s not lose sight of the enemy. Israel has occupied Muslim land since 1948, expelled millions, desecrated Al-Aqsa, and murdered tens of thousands—many of them children.

Israel is the head of the snake.

• It poisons our media.
• It manipulates global policy.
• It wages digital, cultural, and military war on the Ummah.

Every single missile that hits an Israeli base today is a crack in their illusion of dominance. Whether that missile comes from Sunni hands or Shia platforms—its direction is righteous.

So long as Iran points its weapons toward Tel Aviv and not Makkah or Madinah, we will never equate Iran with Israel. To do so is to fall into Zionist propaganda, which thrives on dividing this Ummah.

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Sectarian Blindness Is a Zionist Tool

Let us not forget:
It is Israel that benefits when Muslims say, “I won’t support resistance because it’s Shia.”
It is Israel that celebrates when Sunnis refuse to back Hamas because it gets help from Iran.
It is Israel that smiles when Arab states justify normalisation under the banner of “sectarian differences.”

Why? Because the moment we see the resistance through a sectarian lens, we allow Israel to continue its crimes unchallenged.

The Qur’an commands us to align with the oppressed, not based on fiqh, but based on truth.

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This Is the Deciding Hour: To Be or Not To Be

The war unfolding today is not just about Iran and Israel. It’s about the soul of this Ummah. It is the “to be or not to be” moment.

• Do we stand with those who resist occupation—regardless of sect?
• Or do we make excuses for silence because resistance doesn’t come from the “right” school of thought?

If today, the only nation launching missiles at Israel is a Shia-majority one, and the only “Sunni” leaders are shaking hands with Zionists, what does that say about our priorities?

Shouldn’t the allegiance of a Muslim be to Al-Aqsa, not Abu Dhabi?

To the oppressed in Gaza, not the air-conditioned palaces of Riyadh?

To the blood of martyrs, not the borders of sect?

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Final Word: We Are With the Resistance, Wherever It Comes From

To support Iran’s strikes on Israel is not to become Shia.
It is to become awake.
It is to become honest.
It is to become responsible to Allah and the Ummah.

We support any group—Shia, Sunni, black, white, Arab, non-Arab—that stands against the Zionist entity, because the Qur’an has already defined our side:

“Indeed, the believers are but brothers…”
— Surat Al-Hujurat (49:10)

In the face of genocide, in the face of betrayal by Arab rulers, and in the face of Zionist colonisation—we don’t ask who you are. We ask: where are you standing?

And if you stand against Israel, you are not alone.

This work demands time, pressure, and sacrifice.
But we do it—for the Ummah, and for the truth.
If you believe in this mission, stand with us.

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