Ayatollah Tabarsi:‎

The Supreme Leader is the flagbearer of the strengthening of Islamic unity in the world

Rasa – The representative of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Mazandaran ‎province stated that presently, Ayatollah Khamenei is the flagbearer of the strengthening of ‎Islamic unity in the world.‎

News ID: 441714

Date: 26 November 2018 - 10:31

RNA – In an exclusive interview with Rasa News Agency in Sari, Ayatollah Nourollah Tabarsi, ‎the Friday prayer leader of Sari, offered his congratulations on the birth anniversary of the ‎Prophet Muhammad and referred to the foresight of the great founder of the Islamic ‎Revolution, Imam Khomeyni, in the naming this week as “Islamic Unity Week,” saying, “The ‎opinions and thoughts of Imam Khomeyni have always been in the direction of strengthening ‎the unity of the Islamic ummah.”‎

The representative of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Mazandaran province ‎said that unity among Muslims is a strategic issue and added, “By naming this week as ‎Islamic Unity Week, Imam Khomeyni provided the necessary means to achieve a ‎comprehensive unity among Muslims in the world.”‎

He noted that presently, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Khamenei] ‎is the flagbearer of the strengthening of Islamic unity in the world and said, “All efforts of the ‎Supreme Leader in recent decades to bring the Islamic ummah closer have been made on ‎the basis of divine teachings, the lifestyle of the dear Prophet of Islam and the Ahlul-Bayt.” ‎

Ayatollah Tabarsi said that there is no path for the Islamic ummah to escape from the ‎conspiracy and hostility of the ill-wishers of Islam except through the path of unity and ‎solidarity and emphasized, “Today, the Islamic world is not happy and, unfortunately, ‎because of the spread of divisiveness by the arrogant powers and colonialists among ‎Muslims, we have witnessed a critical situation in some Muslim countries of the region.”‎

The representative of the people of Mazandaran in the Assembly of Experts emphasized that ‎it is time for the scholars of Islam to fulfill their historical mission against Islam and said, ‎‎“The silence of the scholars of Islam in such circumstances isn’t beneficial in any manner ‎because it will lead to a more critical conditions in the Islamic ummah.”‎

He said that the Qur’an and the Prophet of Islam established two important and common ‎principles among all Muslims so that they can be united and stated, “The differences of ‎opinion among Muslim scholars can be discussed and examined in scientific meetings and ‎assemblies and there isn’t any incompatibility in regard to the issue of Islamic unity.”‎

Ayatollah Tabarsi referred to the holding of the International Islamic Unity Conference hosted ‎by Iran each year and considered it a practical act by the Islamic Republic to strengthen the ‎unity of the Islamic ummah and added, “Such academic and specialized meetings must be ‎spread to all Islamic countries in order that we witness comprehensive unity among ‎Muslims.”

In conclusion, His Eminence considered the reconciliation of the schools of thought and ‎denominations as a healing remedy for the Islamic ummah and pointed out, “Unfortunately, ‎after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, deviant movements have always tried to create ‎a separation between these two important principles so that they can achieve their sinister ‎goals.”‎

Rasa News Agency

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