| Iranian pilgrims carried out a peaceful protest against the "enemies" of the faith on Thursday. Ignoring Saudi warnings against political activity, they shouted for Muslim unity. "Death to America, death to Israel," thousands of Iranians shouted inside a huge tent. No security forces were evident as Ayatollah Muhammad Rishari, the representative of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led the Iranians. "We need to be purified from our wrongdoings in this haj," Rishari said in a statement. "We need all Muslims, Sunni and Shia, to be unified and focus on the occupation of Palestine, the problems in Iraq and the Afghan occupation." |