Dec 19, 2004 - The Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center, New York expresses its outrage and utter condemnation of the killing of  innocent Iraqis everyday by those who are cowards and cannot fight their battle at the polls. They are enemies of Al-Islam, the Shia, the Sunni and collaborators of the inimical forces who are bent upon using them to destroy Al-Islam and Iraq. These car bombs and killings will achieve nothing in this world nor in the Hereafter and the perpetrators can only be described as "Khasira dduniya wal Akhirah".

The tyranny of yesteryears still has remnants in these devilish forces that must be roundly condemned and disowned by all Muslims irrespective of their religion. To keep quiet at such carnage is to abet the killings and conspire with the enemies of Al-Islam.

Najaf and Karbala are holy shrines of not only  the Shi'a but the Sunnis also and silence at this outrage is betrayal of The Prophet SAWW.