“Muslims should boost their economy, knowledge”, Muslim scholar

Hujjat-ul-Islam Jaafar Nejad, speaking at the 13^th webinar of the 37^th Islamic Unity Conference, called on the Islamic countries for spiritual support for the Muslims living in non-Muslim states, reported Taqrib News Agency (TNA).

He referred to the present world a place where the regulations are devised in non-Muslim countries, many of which against the Islamic values and said,” The aim is to press the Muslim minority living in these countries.”

The cleric noted the western countries as claimants of human rights for imposing pressure on minority groups including Muslims.

Hujjat-ul-Islam Jaafar Nejad called on the Muslims, both natives and resident citizens in non-Islamic countries, to get rid of poverty as a way to be more powerful.

According to the scholar the second way to gain power is to improve the level of knowledge and literacy level.

He called on the Muslim states for spiritual and legal support for the Muslims living in non-Muslim countries.

The 37^th International Islamic Unity Conference has been scheduled to convene Shia and Sunni elites and religious figures on 28^th September to 3^rd October 2023. As organized by Iran’s World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought, this year the meeting focuses on the theme “Islamic Cooperation to Achieve Common Values.” The event is annually held concurrent with the Islamic Unity Week which marks the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).