Understanding foes, wise pathology, needed for Unity Roadmap
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, Jan 24, IRNA -- Head of IRI Joint Chief of Staff Brigadier General Seyyed Hassan Firouzabadi said here Wednesday today understanding enemies and wise pathology are prerequisites for drafting a roadmap for Islamic unity.
In a message to the world Muslim youth on the occasion of the ongoing Unity Week (marking the Message of Allah's blessed birth anniversary according to Shi'a and Sunni Muslims), the high brass Iranian officials noted, 'Today we need to draft the unity roadmap, based on well recognition of our enemies, wise pathology, establishment of ties among the followers of Islamic schools of thought, and holding well-intentioned dialogues aimed at achieving Islamic solidarity among those who pray towards the same Ka'ba.'
According to IRNA, Brigadier General Firouzabadi has in his message encouraged the Muslim youth, addressing them as 'Muhammad's (P) assistants' to beware, while congratulating the blessed birth anniversary of the Messenger of Allah (P) to them and emphasizing, 'Today is high time for Islamic unity.'
The message continues, 'On the one hand there are the Glorious Qur'an and the tradition of the Prophet, advising us to refrain from disputes and disunity, and on the other hand there are our lots of commonalties among the entire Islamic schools of thought.'
Firouzabadi has in the message singled out the United States and the Zionists as the topmost two enemies of the world Muslims that try to sow the seeds of dispute among them, reiterating, 'During the course of the past two centuries the enemies of Islam resorting to colonialism, profiteering, and cheating have sewn the seeds discord among the Muslims in different countries, as well as the Islamic countries.'
The message continues, 'Fortunately, the mother source books of the Sunni Muslims, as well as the main source books of the Shi'a Muslims are full of holy saying and narrations encouraging them to refrain from disputes and spend efforts aimed at unity, which the personality traits of the Imams (P) in both major Islamic sects, too, have approved of.'
Brigadier General Firouzabadi has furthermore emphasized that today Islamic prosperity can be achieved based on safeguarding and strengthening Islamic unity, reiterating, 'The A-Qaeda group once took shape in the name of Jihad against the disbelievers, but is today in the hands of people who take instrumental advantage of the revolutionary Muslim youth at the service of the enemies of Islam.'
He emphasized, 'Today the enemies, taking advantage of this group, launch sorrowful terrorist events and cause explosions in Iraq and in Syria, which are reminders of the notorious policies of the British during the course of the past century.'
The message of the head of IRI Joint Chief of Staff continues, 'As a Muslim brother I warn the entire world Muslims to refer to God's order, the Definer Book, the Sagacious Qur'an, in case of running into issues over which there are disputes, lest you would be acting like those who put their hands in the hands of those who accuse the other Muslims of disbelief (Takfiris), who wear explosive jackets and massacre large groups of Muslims in cold blood and dist, or create bitter incidents in Syria, bothering and hassling a Muslim nation.'
Basiji Brigadier General Firouzabadi added addressing the world Muslim youth that Islam wants heaven for you both in this world and in he hereafter, reiterating, 'Elaborate for yourselves: Which call and policy needs a positive reply?'
He proposes to them at the end to consult the prominent and insightful Muslim clerics in their own regions, so that by grace of Almighty Allah, what they do would be closer to pleasing God, and not disappointing Him.
The Unity Week was the novel idea of the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini, following the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979. Since then the Unity Week has become a regular fixture, not only in Iran, but also throughout the world, and has played an important role in bringing the various denomination of Islam on a single platform, since Allah is One, and Muslims believe in the single Qur'an and bow towards the same focal point, that is the holy Ka'ba, five times a day during daily prayers. The Ummah has also begun to realize that it is only unity and solidarity that will enable Muslims to utilize their vast untapped potential and make them secure from the plots of the arrogant powers in all fields, including political, social, cultural, technological, economic and industrial.
The Unity Week was the novel idea of the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini, following the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979.
Since then the Unity Week has become a regular fixture, not only in Iran, but also throughout the world, and has played an important role in bringing the various denomination of Islam on a single platform, since Allah is One, and Muslims believe in the single Qur'an and bow towards the same focal point, that is the holy Ka'ba, five times a day during daily prayers. Other commonalities among Muslims including fasting during the same month of Ramadan and performance of the annual Hajj pilgrimage on the same dates of the month of Zil-Hijja. In view of these and other remarkable factors of unity, it is but natural for Muslims following the different schools of jurisprudence to close ranks in solidarity, especially in view of the divine commandment in the Holy Qur'an to "And hold fast by the covenant of Allah all together and be not disunited." (Holy Qur'an 3:103
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