Leader warns of plots against Islam
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei addresses clerics, scholars and seminarians in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah, October 12, 2011.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has urged Muslim clerics to be vigilant against plots aimed at creating divisions between Sunnis and Shias and weakening Islam.
“Shia and Sunni clerics must remain very vigilant about plots, and find ways to counter enemies' schemes through holding joint meetings and cooperation,” Ayatollah Khamenei said on Wednesday.
The Leader made the remarks at a meeting with clerics, scholars and seminarians in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah.
Ayatollah Khamenei divided the waves of leaning towards Islam in the world into three stages and said “the first wave of leaning towards Islam took shape simultaneously with the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran,” adding that the second wave began after the failure of Marxist system.
The Leader described the recent popular movements in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the disappointment of Western people with capitalism as the third wave of leaning towards Islam.
A wave of revolutions and anti-government uprisings has recently swept the Arab world.
So far, revolutions have occurred in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya; and other anti-government upheavals have erupted in Yemen and Bahrain.
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