Ayatollah Mustafa Ulama, the member of the Assembly of Experts in an interview with the Taghrib news agency emphasized the favorable and acceptable results of the Islamic Unity Conferences in recent years and stated: The conferences that are held, regardless of their quality or quantity, will have favorable results, at least the result is that thoughts ...
According to the Taghrib News Agency, Nizar Ali, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Religion of Indonesia, at the opening ceremony of the 37th Islamic Unity Conference emphasized the need for greater unity between Islamic communities in view of the current conditions and said: In our country, different cultures, religions and languages live ...
They will spare no efforts to sow discord, fan religious and ethnic clashes, and proceed with racism. The most dangerous thing might be the approach of global arrogance to propagate Zionist racist ideas.
To this end, Muslims have the duty to respect each other and no one shall avoid helping Muslims under the pretext of difference in the school of thought; so, Muslims’ caring for each other is compulsory and their distancing from each other is forbidden.
Had there been unity of ideology, unity of action and favorable cooperation among scientific, and religious centers and Islamic governments in the world of Islam, we would not have been witnessing such damages in the years because of the growth of terrorists, he noted.
The important point is the way the world of arrogance and the world of colonialism use these, especially in the contemporary world; let’s say the west’s abusing extremist groups.
He emphasized that all religious leaders and Muslim Ulima should believe that different faiths are all part of Islamic Ummah and their followers can live in peace and security. Followers of the faiths would in light of cooperation and synergism overcome problems and challenges which are today facing the world of Islam.
Differences in faith should not result in the desecration of sanctities, violation of rules, and lack of piety, while observing orders of God Almighty and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
"Ummah’s need to hold conferences, seminars, and gatherings is very logical and real. The reason is that Islamic Ummah is today suffering from differences and rift as the conflicts have tired Islamic Ummah."
Islam has paid attention to different aspects and axes of communication and considers the main axis of regulating human relations and organizing it to be empathy and compassion.
This leads to social dispersion, while stirring social integrity, which will be exploited by opportunists and those who consider public differences to be in their favor.
Companions of the prophet were from various groups, ethnic groups, colors and forms. The prophet had done his best to get the Muslims together. Great things were done those times and age of prosperity was shaped.
Islamic brotherhood is not merely an idealistic issue; rather, it is a reality that exists in the principles of Islamic belief and culture. Brotherhood of believers means closeness and proximity among them.