In an interview with Sky NewsArabia, Rajji addressed Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, saying the Shiite community is an essential component of Lebanon, but insisting that Hezbollah's weapons "do not protect you and do not protect Lebanon.".
12% of Thailand's population is Muslim, and about 1% is Shiite, with the vast majority concentrated in the Bangkok area ... Shiite religious centers in Bangkok play a significant role in Iran's outreach.
The Shiite community, so often and so unfairly portrayed as closed, extreme, or bound to foreign loyalties, revealed on this occasion an entirely different face.