True Merciful Face of Islam Should Be Introduced to World: Iranian President
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Muslims around the world should fight against terrorism and present the true merciful face of their religion to the world.
“Fighting oppression, extremism and terrorism is the duty of all (followers of) divine religions, including Muslims, and the merciful face of true Islam should be shown to the world more than before,” Rouhani said on Thursday evening.
He made the remarks in a meeting with Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshükür Hummat Pashazade, the chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Bureau in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan Republic.
Rouhani further described the age-old religious ties between Iran and Azerbaijan as a major factor in the close cooperation between the two nations and said the foundations of unity between Islamic societies should be further strengthened and enemies should not be allowed to sow discord among Muslims.
Rouhani also described an increase in the Iranian and Azeri people’s trips to each other’s countries as a valuable step in the development of bilateral relations between the two nations.
Pashazade, for his part, briefed the Iranian president on the conditions of the region and Azerbaijan, and said closer relations between Tehran and Baku are beneficial to both nations and the region.
In recent years, the Middle East has been plagued with Takfiri terrorist groups like Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL), which are believed to have been created and supported by the West and some regional Arab countries.
The terrorist groups, which claim to be Islamic but whose actions are anything but, have been committing heinous crimes not only against non-Muslims, but mostly against Muslims in the region.
In November 2017, the self-proclaimed caliphate of Daesh collapsed after Syrian and Iraqi armed forces and their allies managed to recapture the terror group’s last strongholds in the two Arab countries.
