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Leader calls for unity among Muslim states against ‘real enemy’
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei on Sunday urged Muslim states to “recognize their real enemy” and stand united against it.
“The criminal rulers of the United States and Israel are not only the enemies of the Iranian nation but also hostile toward the entire Muslim world,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in a message to mark Unity Week, an occasion designated by the late founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to promote harmony among Islamic schools of thought.
He advised heads of Islamic countries, particularly those in West Asia and the Persian Gulf region, to know their real enemy, as well as recognize its plots and confront them.
“The remedy for the problems of the Muslim world lies in unity of purpose, friendship, and cooperation in the pursuit of goodness and righteousness,” Ayatollah Khamenei added.
“The criminal rulers of the United States and the illegitimate Zionist regime are sworn enemies of this unity and friendship.
“They are not merely enemies of the Islamic Republic, the Iranian nation, and the great front of Islamic resistance; they are hostile to the entire Muslim world, including the nations of West Asia and North Africa. In this regard, even the rulers of these states—many of whom are considered their allies—are not exempt,” the Leader highlighted.
Ayatollah Khamenei also pointed to the public disrespect shown and offensive language used by the leaders of the arrogant powers toward some leaders of Muslim countries.
He further emphasized that the issue of unity among Muslims has a successful example among the people of Iran, where the enemies’ conspiracies have not had much effect in undermining it.
“But surely, the ill-wishers are always lying in wait for this great blessing. What gives them hope is the highlighting of differences. Although ideological and religious differences constitute an important part of what the enemies of Islam seek to exploit, and they place great reliance on using them, they will not stop there,” he noted.
Provoking division among Muslims
“They seek to turn all kinds of racial, cultural, social, economic, political, and geographical differences into pretexts for creating division among Muslim peoples in Iran and in every other Islamic country, so that they can sit back and watch the Muslim world become fragmented, and its strength gradually depleted, and then, at an opportune moment, impose their domination over them.”
Meanwhile, the Leader warned against any act that sows discord among Muslims.
“Therefore, anyone, in whatever position, who takes any action that leads to division among Muslims or creates discord within the Muslim community has, knowingly or unknowingly, willingly or unwillingly, furthered the aims of the enemies of Islam,” he said.
“And how, in these times, can anyone attribute such an act to ignorance or negligence, when the tyrants of the world, led by the criminal US, have now cast aside the deceptive and flimsy masks concealing their ugly colonial aims and their hegemonic and domination-seeking schemes, removed their deceptive velvet gloves, and revealed their bloodstained claws to the entire world?”
Additionally, Ayatollah Khamenei asserted that it is time for Muslim people to reflect and examine developments more carefully.