2024 Islamic Unity Conf. Wraps Up as Participants Stress Unity as Key to Stop Israeli Atrocities

IQNA – The 38th International Islamic Unity Conference wrapped up on Saturday as participants stressed unity in their final statement as the sole solution to halt Israeli atrocities.

Hundreds of Shia and Sunni scholars attended the 38^th Islamic Unity Conference held by World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought in the Iranian capital Tehran on September 19-21.

In the final statement, the participants expressed regret over the desperate condition caused by Israeli atrocities in the besieged Gaza and the recent strikes on Lebanon.

It condemned the Israeli regime for pursuing occupation of the Palestinian lands, massacre of civilians and also endeavors to promote the normalization of relations with other countries as a way to legalize the Israeli regime as a state.

The statement called holy Quds as a key common value and a unifying issue in the Muslim world, saying that “The defense for the oppressed Palestinian people, based on religious principles, is among the mandatory and ethical issues in Islam.”

The Muslim scholars hailed the operation al-Aqsa Flood and the resistance of Palestinian fighters as a resolute and legal response to the occupation and racial policies of the Israeli regime for more than seven decades.

The statement reiterated that the defense of the Islamic countries for their territories in response to the atrocities and adventurism of the occupying Israeli regime is a legal right for all Muslim states.

Part of the statement reads: “The sole way to stop the crimes by occupying the Israeli regime is unity of the Islamic nation and taking practical measures in confrontation with the criminal regime.”

The Muslim scholars also lauded the resistance martyrs and condemned as “cowardly” the assassination of the resistance leaders and commanders.

The final statement of the 38^th Islamic Unity Conference, “Islamic Cooperation to Achieve Common Values with Emphasis on Palestine Issue,” was issued on Saturday, which marked the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

More than 200 prominent religious figures from across Iran and Islamic countries attended the three-day event to exchange views on the latest developments in the world of Islam, with the issue of Palestine remaining as the focal point of the debates.

Source: Taghrib News Agency