Takfiri Atrocities, Main Threat to Islam’s Image
Addressing a Muharram mourning ceremony Sayyed Al-Shuhadaa complex in the southern suburb of Beirut, Nasrallah said in this era when the means of communication and media convey the images to the entire world in real time, Takfiri crimes seriously distort the image of Islam.
He noted that Takfiri groups justify their atrocities including killing and slaughtering people by resorting to fabricated Hadiths, Al-Manar TV reported.
"The Takfiris present the Muslims as a group thirsty for bloodshed," Nasrallah said, "This would consecrate this falsified concept about Islam."
He pointed out that the Takfiri thought is based on shedding blood, confiscating properties and violating the honor of all who are different.
"The takfiri thought was established in the Arab world almost 200 years ago and was provided with financial as well as governmental capabilities which founded the universities, schools, newspapers, and houses of publications in order to pervade its concepts all over the world."
"Islam, the nation and the Islamic societies are being threatened by this Takfiri thought whose causes, not effects must be addressed."
Sayyed Nasrallah called on defending Islam as he saw that the Sunni and the Shiite clerics must loudly convey the reality of Islam to the world.
Hezbollah leader considered that the confrontation with Takfirism must be primarily cultural, intellectual and scientific
Sayyed Nasrallah also called on preventing the spread of this trend, considering that Saudi Arabia is primarily responsible for this task by closing the schools from where the Takfiri ideology emerges.
Sayyed Nasrallah went on to say that facing the Takfiri trend is not carried out only by the security and the militarily option because "Islam does not seek murdering, but rescuing people in this life and in the afterlife."
