Imam Khomeini in a historic message said as following:
Today, world peace is such that all countries are under the political influence of the superpowers; they observe a control everywhere and have schemes for defeating every group. The most important of these is sowing discord among brothers, Imam said.
According to late founder of the Islamic Republic, Muslims should be awake, Muslims should be alert that if a dispute takes place among Sunni and Shi'ite brothers, it is harmful to all of us, it is harmful to all Muslims. Those who want to sow discord are neither Sunni nor Shi'ite, they are agents of the superpowers and work for them.
Imam emphasized that those who attempt to cause discord among our Sunni and Shi'ite brothers are people who conspire for the enemies of Islam and want the enemies of Islam to triumph over Muslims. They are the supporters of America and some are supporters of the Soviet Union.
I hope that through considering this Islamic precept - that all Muslims are brothers - all Islamic countries will triumph against the superpowers and succeed in actualizing all Islamic ordinances.
Muslims are brothers and will not be segregated by the pseudo-propaganda sponsored by corrupt elements. The source of this matter - that Shi'ites should be on one side and Sunni on the other - is on the one hand ignorance and on the other hand propaganda of the foreigners.
If Islamic brotherhood comes to the fore among Islamic countries, such will become a great power which none of the global powers will be able to cope with.
Shi'ites and Sunnis brothers should avoid every kind of dispute. Today, discord among us will only benefit those who follow neither Shi'ia nor Hanafi. They neither want this nor that to exist, and know the way to sow dispute between you and us.
We must pay attention that we are all Muslims and we all believe in the Qur'an; we all believe in Tawheed and must work to serve the Qur'an and Tawheed.
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Presser held ahead of the 33rd Islamic Unity summit in Tehran
Meanwhile, Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, secretary general of World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought, attended the presser held ahead of the 33rd Islamic Unity Conference hailing the victory of the country against Takfir (excommunication) movements, reported Taqrib News Agency (TNA).
He said,” We can claim that Iran, unity center in the world of Islam, achieved victory against Takfir due to endeavors of all proximity institutions” referring to remarks by the Supreme Leader praising the country for defeating Takfiri terrorist moves.
The cleric called Takfir a failed discourse and stressed,” We made it to promote unity as a practical discourse in the world.
Ayatollah Araki reiterated,” Should the Muslim youths from across the globe gathered in Mecca, over tens of millions of people would convene to call for resistance and freedom of Palestine, the best proof for victory of Islamic unity movements.”
Iranian top cleric called the 33rd Islamic Unity Conference as the symbol for participation of all pro-unity movements from across the globe and said,” To hold such a big event amid the US sanctions against Tehran proves Washington’s anti-Iran struggles as vain.”
He announced participation of more than 350 political figures from 90 countries in the Islamic Unity Conference translates to Iran’s central role in the world of Islam.
33rd Islamic Unity Conference will be held in the Iranian capital of Tehran on November 14-16, 2019 concurrent with the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and Islamic Unity Week.
According to the secretariat of the conference more than 350 religious and political figures from 93 countries will be attending the event to discuss “Islamic Unity Conference in Defense of al-Quds.”