They say, 'What goes around, comes around' and for this Islamic scholar things came back full circle in the most deadly ways possible.

Shia scholar Hadi Al-Modarresi made a ridiculous claim that the Coronavirus outbreak in nothing but 'Allah's punishment against China'.

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The 63-year-old cleric who is regarded as one of the most prominent Shia leaders in Iraq was quoted saying in a video"



Iraqi Islamic Scholar Hadi Al-Modarresi, Prior to Being Infected with Coronavirus: The Virus Is a Divine Punishment against the Chinese pic.twitter.com/7NiQki6qBy — MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) March 9, 2020





“It is obvious that the spread of this virus is an act of Allah. How do we know this? The spread of the coronavirus began in China, an ancient and vast country, the population of which makes up one-seventh of humanity."

The scholar goes on to make a racist claim that the "tyrannical authorities in China have laid siege to more than a million Muslims and placed them under house arrest."

"Allah sent a disease upon them and this disease laid siege to 40 million [Chinese people]. The same niqab that they mocked has been forced upon them, both men and women, by Allah, by means of the state authorities and officials.”

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Minutes after the video of his outrageous claim went viral, people started slamming him left, right and centre. One twitter user wrote.' He shows a great capacity for convoluted reasoning. Of course it is all based on 7th century logic.'



'Unfortunately, ignorance of "Islamic scholars" need to be educated to understand how their religion destroy their ability of understanding in many directions,' wrote another.



But things didn't end there, Hadi Al-Modarresi ended up testing positive for the deadly COVID-19. and people couldn't look past the irony of it all.

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Karma as a result of his hypocrisy 🤣😬😂 — RSingh (@RSingh08970711) March 9, 2020

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Allah 0 - coronavirus 1 — Le kyste cosmique (@barttosh21) March 9, 2020

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Is it possible that Hadi Al-Modarresi need to do a DNA test? Did he have secret unprotected meetings with the Chinese?

How will he spin is infection?

Oh Allah is so great! — Winter Bearded DoH (@DohMtl) March 9, 2020

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Unfortunately, Coronavirus sees you as a potential host like everyone else.. no question of special offers here.. — Constable The_Raack (@The_Raack1) March 12, 2020





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🤣🤣because virus does not know the borders , faith or race — Srinivasa Rao Chava (@SrinivasaChava) March 9, 2020





According to Reuters, the total number of Coronavirus cases in Iraq has climbed to 54 so far, according to health officials.

As reported by the state news agency, the country has stopped all flights to India and Lebanon over the coronavirus outbreak.