/ world today news/ The former foreign minister of Bulgaria Nikolay Mladenov has converted to Islam and has become a Shia, Iraqi media proudly report, Flagman writes.
Photos from the event that took place yesterday have been published. On them, Nikolay Mladenov worships in front of the grave of the cousin of the Prophet Muhammad – Ali and accepts gifts from the imams.
Here is the literal translation of one of the news items published in an Iraqi newspaper: “Bulgarian Dr. Nikolay Mladenov, the official representative of the UN in Iraq, officially accepted Islam as a religion and said that because of the cousin of the Prophet Muhammad – Ali, he became a Shiite. And today he visited Ali’s grave with the imams, who presented him with many books on Islam in Bulgarian. And once a Bulgarian has accepted Shiism, you should see how great the religion is.”
The former number one diplomat has been the UN special envoy for the Middle East for a month. Prior to that, Mladenov was the UN Special Envoy for Iraq since 2013. The former Bulgarian foreign minister led the UN mission in Iraq during the rise of the Islamic State.
Shia Islam is the second largest branch of Islam. His followers are about 10-15% of Muslims. Shia Islam was created as a political movement supporting Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. The majority of Shiites today are in the countries of Iran, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, India and Pakistan.
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