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According to Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Minister of
Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Mohmmad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyid has
said God in the Holy Quran ordered us to strive for unity and
shun disunity.
Speaking before the 6th Conference on Proximity among Islamic
Schools of Thought held in Damascus on Sunday, al-Sayyid said
"Islam has allowed multiplicity within unity."
The two day conference will discuss theoretical and practical
conceptions of Islamic unity in the Holy Quran and the Sunna and
means to confront dangers threatening Muslim unity.
Al-Sayyid called for unifying efforts to confront plots
targeting the Islamic nation. He said a human Islamic discourse
is required to face attempts aimed to obliterate the identity of
the Islamic nation.
Grand Mufti of Syria Ahmad Badr Eddin Hassoun called to overcome
the differences among members of the nation of Islam and
activate dialogue and cooperation to face the enemies.
Mar Ignatios Hazim IV of Antioch and all the East for Roman
Orthodox said Muslims and Christians will always be brothers and
will stay together in the face of challenges.
Participants at the Conference said Islamic unity is a red line
nobody would be allowed to cross.
They called upon Islamic scholars to assume responsibility to
find radical solutions to divisions among Muslims.
An Islamic rather than sectarian discourse should be adopted in
approaching Muslims' issues.
The conference is organized by Ministry of Awqaf in cooperation
with the World Assembly for Proximity among Islamic Schools of
Thought with a wide participation from Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and
Iran.
Source:
http://www.abna.ir
Date: 2010/04/13
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