Tehran Friday Prayer Leader:

US ‘the archenemy of Islam, Iran and Shi’ism’

Rasa – Ayatollah Movahedi-Kermani emphasized that the US remains to be the archenemy of Islam, Iran and Shi’ism.

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Date: 13 May 2016 - 22:10

RNA – “The US is the toughest enemy of Islam and Muslims, and provides financial and military support for those following that path (countering Islam),” Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani said in an address to a gathering of worshippers in Tehran on Friday.

An obvious sign of US hostility towards Muslims is Washington’s full support for Israel, the cleric explained.

Highlighting Washington’s opposition to “an Islamic Iran,” Ayatollah Movahedi-Kermani said the US seeks to foment Islamophobia and Iranophobia by attributing acts of terrorism to Islam.

“The US is arrogant and bully, (because) it allows itself to have nuclear weapons, but forbids the other countries to possess even conventional defensive weapons,” the cleric noted.

In comments earlier this month, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, also slammed the US government for its continued hostilities toward Muslims and the Islamic Republic of Iran, saying that Washington is seeking to tarnish the image of Islam, and spread Iranophobia and Shiaphobia.

“Today, Islamophobia, Iranophobia and Shiaphobia, are among the definite policies of the US and its puppet regimes,” the Leader said, adding, “Today, corrupt (terrorist) groups that are committing heinous crimes in the name of Islam are supported by Western powers.”

Ayatollah Khamenei also described the vigilance of Muslim nations, Iranians in particular, against the hegemonic powers’ corrupt acts as the main reason behind such hostilities, saying this is the reason why Iran is threatened to be boycotted when it opposes the US policies in the Middle East.

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