•Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, reportedly killed in a US and Israeli strike, sparking diverse reactions across the Muslim world.
•Shia Muslims globally, including in Iran, Jammu and Kashmir, Budgam, and Lucknow, are mourning and protesting, viewing Khamenei as a religious guide and a messiah.
•Sunni countries and communities largely remain silent or unaffected, considering Khamenei a political leader of another nation, not a supreme religious figure.
•Historical rivalry between Shia Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia, along with differing religious interpretations of leadership, explains the divergent responses.
•While some Sunnis appreciated Khamenei's stance against Israel, they did not consider him their religious or political leader, leading to governments calling it an 'internal matter of Iran'.
