Haddad Adel: Islamophobia major concern of contemporary era

Tehran, Jan 30, IRNA
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Majlis Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said on Wednesday that 'Islamophobia' which has escalated in the West in the aftermath of September 11 incident is regarded as a major concern in the contemporary era.

The speaker arrived in Cairo on Tuesday heading a high-ranking delegating to attend a biennial inter-parliamentary meeting of the Islamic countries where he is to give a keynote speech.

Addressing the fifth inter-parliamentary meeting of the Islamic countries, he underlined that it is about hundred years that world Muslims have fallen victims to terrorism.

The enemies try to depict a rough and inhuman image of Islam and Muslims through false propaganda and vicious slanders, Haddad Adel pointed out.

Another challenge threatening world Muslims is attempts by their enemies to sow discord among them, he said and invited fair western intellectuals to sit at negotiating table with Muslim intellectuals to help remove such unfounded slanders.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has designated the current Iranian year as the "Year of National Unity and Islamic Solidarity" to urge world muslims to forge unity, he said.

"We should prepare grounds for parliaments of Islamic countries to play a much more active role in the world of Islam," he said.

Referring to massacre of the Palestinians by the Zionist forces, he said "We are now witnessing heinous atrocities by the Zionists in the Gaza Strip being perpetrated with support of certain big powers," he said.

The Iranian Majlis speaker also pointed to the threats posed by the Zionist regime against Lebanon and its supporters in Iraq, Afghanistan, Darfur and other Islamic regions.

On Iran's peaceful nuclear activities, he said Iran and IAEA have had very good cooperation and the reports issued by IAEA along with the report released by 16 US intelligence agencies confirmed the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program.

He strongly criticized the Zionist regime for possessing hundreds of nuclear warheads and for refusing to abide by international rules and regulations.

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