They may be called the second class oppressors.

They may be called the second class oppressors. The Imams have called them `Lackeys of the unjust' and the `friends of the oppressors'. The oppressed oppressors support the tyrants and the despots. The existence of the oppressors and the continuance of their reigns depend on them.

The Qur'an says: But oh, if you could see, when the wrongdoers are brought up before their Lord, how they cast the blame on to another; how those who were despised on the earth say to those who were proud: But for you we would have been believers. (Surah an-Nur, 24:31) As may be observed, speaking about the…