Iranian Cleric Urges Muslims to Use Hajj for Restoring Dignity
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A prominent Iranian cleric called on Muslim nations to use the opportunity of Hajj pilgrimage to boost unity and restore dignity of the Islamic Ummah (community).
“If the Islamic Ummah understand the value of Hajj (pilgrimage) and use it in proper way and if Muslim nations wake up and realize how to confront enemies and their plots, they will never suffer humiliation,” Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani said, addressing a large number of worshippers in Tehran on Sunday during Eid al-Adha prayers.
In October 2013 and in a message to the Hajj Congress, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei had described the ritual pilgrimage as a unique opportunity to remedy a broad range of “vulnerabilities of the Islamic world.”
“The fundamental and pivotal remedy could be summarized in two key phrases, both of which are among the most remarkable lessons of the Hajj: Firstly, the unity and fraternity of Muslims under the flag of oneness, and secondly, recognition of the enemy and confrontation with its plots and methods,” part of the message read.
The Supreme Leader further made it clear that the true enemies of Islam at the time being are “the front of global arrogance and the criminal network of Zionism,” and urged the Muslim people to identify the enemy and its affiliates in order to thwart their plots.
"The hegemonic powers, led by the US, cover their real face through the vast network of their advanced mass media, and under the pretext of defending human rights and democracy they adopt a deceptive behavior towards the public opinion of world nations. They claim to be defending the the rights of nations while the Islamic nations keenly feel the consequences of their plots more than ever," read another part of the message.
