OIC Chief Praises Iran’s Key Role in Resolving Muslim World Problems

The OIC chief made the remarks in a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.

During the meeting, Madani thanked Iran for its active participation in OIC’s efforts to resolve the Muslim world problems.

The two sides discussed various Muslim world issues as well as the threats and challenges faced by the Muslim Ummah, including the increasing threat of extremism and Israel’s savage attacks against the defenseless Palestinian nation in the Gaza Strip.

Amir Abdollahian and Madani underlined the need for maintaining unity among Muslims to confront enemies’ plots.

In November, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei urged the Muslim Ummah (community) to increase vigilance as enemies of Islam are hatching increasing plots to stir sectarian strife among them.

“A major problem of the Muslim World today is the imposed, intentional and wicked problem of kindling differences among the Muslim Ummah and (Islam’s) religious sects,” Ayatollah Khamenei said addressing Hajj officials in Tehran.

The Supreme Leader said that the global arrogance and colonialist powers are fully experienced in igniting sectarian strife among Muslims, adding, “Hajj’s capacities should be used for confronting (and defusing) these plots under the present conditions.”

“The confrontation (that the enemies are trying spark) among the religious sects will not be limited to the Shiite-Sunni confrontation and if the enemies of Islam can institutionalize these confrontations, they will put on their agenda sparking internal differences inside the different Shiite sects and Sunni sects,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.

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