Violence Against The Dervishes Out Of Ideology

In Dezful, Behbahan and Karaj member of the Bassidji agitate against Dervishes “as nothing happened when the gathering places of Dervishes in Boroujerd, Qom, Isfahan and other cities where destroyed, nothing will happen either in Dezful when we eliminate the dervishes and their gathering places.” According to recent statements from a member Dervishes of the congress and the representative of the town of “Dezful” which had criticized the clergymen of Dezful for wrongly accusing the, and had openly shown his support for Dervishes in a meeting where the governor along with the Fridays preacher of Dezful had attended. Following this statement, a group of people gathered in front of the house of the Friday preacher for showing their support for the clergymen. Raja news of website which is associated with the Iranian regime reports, the attendants of the gathering which took place at Tuesday night in front of the home of the Fridays preacher were important men within the city of Dezful such as Haji Khalf, one of the soldiers of the Iran-Iraq war. He claimed that: people have during six years suffered from Dervishes and their gathering places where they worship the golden calf of Samaritan have created intrigue as long as it has been operating. He demanded the destruction of the gathering places of Dervishes and added: “as nothing happened when the gathering places of Dervishes in Boroujerd, Qom, Isfahan and other cities where destroyed, nothing will happen in Dezful, clergymen either when we eliminate the dervishes and their gathering places in the spirit of the martyrs, and for the heart of the people of Dezful.” Haji Khalaf condemns the support from some officials which had led to Dervishes defending their rights against the clergy and he emphasized, “why should a state be named hospital in the town of Dezful after the Freemasons and the supporters of monarchy who is the leader of the” Zabihe Sufi order “, why have the security council rejected the idea of changing its name to”Al-Khadir”instead?” So Friday preacher of Dezful, Hojjatoleslam Qazi appreciated the emotions and religious faith of the people and said: “we recommended the community not to follow through this gathering, but the believers and especially the clergy felt that it was the supreme duty to defend the values.