Muslims from one country are strangers to those from another, and Arab Muslims distance themselves from non-Arab Muslims, and this is due to their ignorance of their shared commonalities, resulting from sectarian, political, and racial divisions, none of which have any basis in Islam. It is clear that if they had sufficient communication with each other, they would realize their shared commonalities and resolve their disagreements based on their shared commonalities. For example, if Sunni Muslims had sufficient communication with Shia Muslims, they would find that they believe in the principles of Islam, adhere to its fundamentals, do not consider the Quran to be distorted, do not slander the wives of the Prophet , and do not insult his companions—except for a small number of their common people—and therefore, there is no reason for hostility toward them all. I am deeply saddened to see that many Sunni Muslims in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and elsewhere consider fighting against Shia Muslims as jihad and prefer it over fighting against harbi disbelievers[1], while the beliefs and deeds of Shia Muslims, although differing in some ways from the beliefs and deeds of Sunni Muslims, are within the framework of Islam. Therefore, fighting against them is unjustified; rather, friendship with them is obligatory. I have spoken with many Sunni Muslims; they know nothing about Shia Muslims except what they have heard from Sunni Muslims; because they do not engage in dialogue with Shia Muslims, nor do they read their authentic books, and they deny them without knowing their opinions and arguments; like those about whom Allah Almighty has said: ﴿بَلْ كَذَّبُوا بِمَا لَمْ يُحِيطُوا بِعِلْمِهِ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِهِمْ تَأْوِيلُهُ ۚ كَذَلِكَ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۖ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الظَّالِمِينَ﴾[2]; “Rather, they denied something whose knowledge they did not comprehend and whose interpretation has not reached them! In the same way, those before them denied. Then see how the end of the oppressors was,” while Shia Muslims refer to the authentic books of Sunni Muslims and examine their opinions and arguments, although not to the same extent as their own opinions and arguments.