Mercenaries sullying the image of Islam: Iran president

President Rouhani says a group of mercenaries is sullying the image of Islam and condemned the Takfiri ISIL militants for committing atrocities in Iraq and Syria in the name of Islam.

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Date: 07 January 2015 - 17:18

RNA - The Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, in his address to the participants of the opening of the 28th International Islamic Unity Conference said a group of mercenaries is sullying the image of Islam and condemned the Takfiri ISIL militants for committing atrocities in Iraq and Syria in the name of Islam.

He added that the militant group is defaming Islam by slitting the throats of innocent men and women.

Mr. President also noted: "The Islamic Republic of Iran as a Muslim world power under the leadership of Supreme Leader (of the Islamic Revolution) supports any nation which fights terrorism, violence and extremism."

He stressed the necessity for strengthening unity among Islamic countries, and said every Muslim in Riyadh should assume destruction of Aleppo in Syria as the destruction of his/her homeland and Muslims in Jordan and Pakistan should also grow concerned when they hear the destruction and sufferings experienced by the people in Iraq and Lebanon.

Hundreds of Sunni and Shia scholars and intellectuals from more than 60 countries are attending the Tehran-hosted conference Unified Islamic Ummah: Challenges and Strategies.

The participants will discuss ways to promote unity and solidarity in the Muslim world and will focus on problems facing the Islamic world, such as the threat posed by the Takfiri militants.

The ISIL terrorists are currently in control of large areas across Iraq in Syria where they have been carrying out horrific acts of violence against different Iraqi communities such as Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, and Christians.

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