 Ulema should compile charter of Islamic unity
Tehran, 2007/04/06, IRNA
Supreme Leader of the Islamic revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said here Friday unity and solidarity are the most important needs of today's Islamic world and a cure to all problems of Muslims, and Muslim Ulema and the intelligentsia should compile charter of Islamic solidarity as a historical necessity.
The Supreme Leader was addressing high ranking officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran and ambassadors of Islamic countries on the auspicious occasion of birth anniversaries of holy Prophet Muhammad and Imam Sadeq.
Ayatollah Khamenei said human beings are indebted to the Great Prophet for his blessings and compassion adding that his teachings are the only way to salvation and the realization of justice and other lofty human values.
The Ayatollah said," Islamic Ummah, after years of ignorance, is having a new look at Sharia and the Islamic faith. Therefore, the Islamic world, with this new insight and understanding and with resorting to religious teachings and the deeds and words of the Great Prophet, can be the forerunner in moving towards perfection and elevation."
Ayatollah Khamenei said Islamic vigilance and return to Islam, revival of the holy Quran and the creation of a united Ummah are among the facts of today's Muslim world, adding that these facts, which were once just faraway ideals among some elites and reformers in the Islamic world, have now turned into living mottos in the hands of Muslims masses and especially the youth and the educated.
The Supreme Leader said, "Along with the Islamic vigilance and the revival of descent Islamic mottos, the enmity of the world arrogance with Islam has been more organized and serious because Islamic vigilance is a great danger to the arrogant and hegemonic powers of the world.
Ayatollah Khamenei said, "Bringing up issues such as Crusade, insulting the Great Prophet of Islam and presenting a violent image of the Muslims are organized plots to stand against Islamic identity," adding," contrary to materialistic calculations and media propaganda, the apparently powerful side of arrogance has been defeated by the grand Islamic movement."
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic revolution referred to the defeat of US plans in the Middle East, especially in Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon as the clear manifestations of this fact and said those who stress on being realistic in dealing with problems, should consider these undeniable facts and truths.
The Ayatollah went on to say, "One of the most important requirements for the continuation of the deep movement of Islamic Ummah towards victory is Islamic unity and solidarity," adding, "the policy of the arrogant world is causing discord, ethnic and religious fighting among Muslims."
The Ayatollah said unity and solidarity among Islamic Ummah should be strengthened to stand against the enemies' conspiracies.
Ayatollah Khamenei said," misunderstanding, baseless illusions and being ignorant of the real ideas of each other are among the main obstacles to unity," adding, " the Islamic governments and Muslim Ulema should play their role in paving the way for Islamic unity and solidarity."
"In this regard, compiling the charter of Islamic unity by the Muslim Ulema is a historical necessity. An obligation that if we do not fulfill today, the next generations will hold us accountable."
The leader said," the world arrogance makes no distinction between Shia and Sunni Muslims in its fighting against the Muslim world," adding, "While they attack both Hamas and Lebanese Hizbollah, is it wise for the Muslims to get involved in religious and ethnic fightings and forget their common enemy?"
Ayatollah Khamenei said the Islamic world unity is in favor of Islamic nations and governments and these governments should get closer to each other.
"If they rely on their nations' capacities instead of relying on American politicians, they will be much stronger," the Ayatollah underlined.
"The Islamic Iran has displayed the experience of struggle against superpowers, reliance on God and dependence on own capabilities so that during the past 28 years (post-revolutionary era) the Iranian nation has grown mightier and more advanced despite every sort of pressure and plot," Ayatollah Khamenei said.
Before the Supreme Leader's speech, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated the birth anniversaries of the holy Prophet and Imam Sadeq (PBUT).
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