“Islamic fraternity provides ground for security, economic growth”, cleric

Hujjat-ul-Islam Seyyed Mahdi Parsaei in an interview with Taqrib News Agency (TNA) warned of division and conflict as an ambition of the enemies targeting the Islamic Revolution.

He said,” The message conveyed in the 2^nd Regional Islamic Unity Conference was fraternity and that Golestan province was introduced as a compound of ethnicities and religious denomination.”

The cleric highlighted the coexistence of different Islamic denominations in Iran’s northern province of Golestan.

He noted,” Unity is a rational necessity in the Islamic society and logically speaking we should be united against our common enemies.

Manager of Meftah Seminary quoted the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei as,” The new Islamic civilization which is the objective of Islamic Revolution will not materialize unless unity of Shia and Sunni.”

He reiterated fraternity for providing the grounds for security and economic growth and said,” Unity is a factor for advancement and economic growth in the Islamic society.”

Top Iranian cleric made the comments in the wake of the 2^nd Regional Islamic Unity Conference held by World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought in Gorgan, Golestan province.

Attended by a number of Shia and Sunni scholars from Iran and its northern neighbors, the second regional conference on unity in the world of Islam was held in Gorgan, , Golestan province on February 15. Golestan province on February 15.

Muslim scholars, elites and religious figures from Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan exchanged views on the issues challenging the world of Islam.