Leader Refers to Unity as Best Remedy for Muslim Woes
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei blamed the Islamic world’s predicaments on “divisive plots” hatched by the arrogant powers, US and Britain in particular, describing Muslim unity and synergy as the solution to those problems.
“Today, the Islamic world is beset with many predicaments and sufferings, while the solution to such problems and woes is unity, synergy, collaboration and overcoming religious and intellectual differences in light of numerous Islamic commonalities,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in Tehran on Saturday.
The Leader made the comments in a gathering of Iranian officials, ordinary people, ambassadors of Muslim countries, and participants in the 30th International Islamic Unity Conference, which was held in the Iranian capital.
Highlighting the increasing attempts by the arrogant and colonialist powers to undermine Muslims and pit them against each other, Imam Khamenei said, “With unity among Islamic nations and governments, the Americans and Zionists will lose the ability to impose their will on Muslims, and the conspiracy to consign Palestine to oblivion will be stymied.”
The Leader also blamed the killing of Muslims, from Myanmar in East Asia to Nigeria in Africa, as well as the face-off between Muslims in the Middle East, on “divisive plots” by the arrogance, and noted, “In these circumstances, British Shiism and American Sunnism, like two blades of a pair of scissors, are fanning the flames of division.”
Ayatollah Khamenei then warned against a plot that enemies of Islam have seriously put on the agenda by getting inspiration from the age-old British policy of creating division to achieve purposes.
London’s policies and measures over the past two centuries have been a source of evil and misery in the regional countries, Ayatollah Khamenei deplored, taking a swipe at the British officials for recent anti-Iran allegations.
“In recent days, the Britons have labeled - in the most shameful manner - the oppressed and dear Iran as a threat to the region but everybody knows that contrary to such allegations, this is the British (officials) who have been always the source and root cause of threat, corruption, danger and misery,” the Leader added.
Revealing the “savage and cruel” nature of the enemies despite their neat appearance or claims about flexibility, Ayatollah Khamenei called on the Muslim countries to gear up for confrontation with such “immoral, secular and unfair” adversaries.
It came after British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Thursday summoned the Iranian and Russian ambassadors to convey his profound concern over Tehran and Moscow’s role in the suffering of Aleppo's residents.
Johnson alleged that Iran and Russia had failed to uphold "humanitarian law" by not helping aid get to Aleppo when it was under siege.
In the meantime, British Prime Minister Theresa May has also said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Russia and Iran "bear responsibility for the tragedy in Aleppo."
Earlier in December, May said at a summit of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) in Bahrain that Britain would contribute to counteracting what she called “aggressive regional actions” from Iran, and unveiled plans for a four-billion-dollar military investment in the region for the next 10 years.
