Iran's Hajj Chief Denounces Acts against Unity
-- Iranian Hajj Chief sharply criticized extremists from both the Sunni and the Shia who operate against unity among Muslims.
"There are some ignorant and perverted perpetrators or mercenaries from both sides who shatter unity in the Islamic world," said Ayatollah Mohammad Reyshahri in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in a meeting with Molawi Eshaq Madani, a high -ranking Iranian Sunni cleric who acts as an adviser to the Iranian President on Sunni Muslims affair.
Ayatollah Reyshahri stressed it is incumbent upon committed scholars from all Islamic schools of thought to unmask these mercenaries and raise public awareness.
Pointing to the role of the Quran to achieve Islamic unity, he said the practical measure to bring about unity and to bring the 'multi-faced demon' to its knees is to highlight common grounds, namely the Quran and the Tradition.
Reyshahri's remarks alludes to a message to Hajj pilgrims issued by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei, in which he called on all Muslims to 'withstand the multi-faced demon' and overcome it through cooperation with one another and reliance on their common foundations, which are encapsulated in the Holy Koran and the practice of the Messenger (PBUH).
"Islam and the Quran will be impaired rather than a particular sect or government if discord is fomented among Muslims," Reyshahri reiterated, urging all Muslim scholars and elite to make this clear for all.
Molawi Eshaq Madani, for his part, praised Imam Khomeini and his successor's efforts to create unity and commented that this unity favors both Sunnis and Shias.
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Ayatollah Reyshahri stressed it is incumbent upon committed scholars from all Islamic schools of thought to unmask these mercenaries and raise public awareness.
Pointing to the role of the Quran to achieve Islamic unity, he said the practical measure to bring about unity and to bring the 'multi-faced demon' to its knees is to highlight common grounds, namely the Quran and the Tradition.
Reyshahri's remarks alludes to a message to Hajj pilgrims issued by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei, in which he called on all Muslims to 'withstand the multi-faced demon' and overcome it through cooperation with one another and reliance on their common foundations, which are encapsulated in the Holy Koran and the practice of the Messenger (PBUH).
"Islam and the Quran will be impaired rather than a particular sect or government if discord is fomented among Muslims," Reyshahri reiterated, urging all Muslim scholars and elite to make this clear for all.
Molawi Eshaq Madani, for his part, praised Imam Khomeini and his successor's efforts to create unity and commented that this unity favors both Sunnis and Shias.
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