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PRESIDENT'S ADVISER CONDEMNS COMMITTING CRIMES IN NAME OF RELIGION
Islamic Rep. News Agency IRNA, Iran
July 15 2014
Tehran, July 15, IRNA - PresidentË~Hs Special Adviser in Ethnic
Minorities Affairs Hojjatoleslam Ali Younesi said in a meeting with
Armenians here Monday evening that committing crimes in the name of
religions is definitely condemned.
Ë~HA group of bigots are defaming religions under the disguise
of religious beliefs, while aggression and committing crimes in
the name of religion is definitely condemned,Ë~H said Younesi, a
former intelligence minister in former Iranian president Mohammad
KhatamiË~Hs cabinet, said in an address for a gathering of Tehrani
and north Iranian Armenians at Iranian Armenians Association.
Ë~HThe divine religions and monotheist prophets of God have never
approved of aggression and observing cruelty against other human
beings because the nature of the Creator of universe is abundant is
love and kindness,Ë~H he said.
Ë~HResorting to force and imposing obligations cannot be used to
attract the people towards dogmatic and rigid beliefs, claiming that
those who do so want to guide the people towards heaven,Ë~H he said.
Turning to the ongoing criminal acts of the racist-Zionist regime,
Younesi said, Ë~HUnfortunately, during the course of the past few
decades the Zionist regime with the criminal acts it has committed
against the people of Palestine, has become the top murder in the
world history that have with their blind and racist deeds always kept
the region in chaotic and crisis-prone conditions.Ë~H
He said that the emergence of hardliner religious groups in the region,
too, is a result of the ZionistsË~H deeds.
The presidential adviser said that extremism and aggression against
the people is condemned under the name of any religion, adding,
Ë~HPresently, the region has suffered greatly due to the blind
deeds of some extremist Muslims in the name of the ISIS, Al Qaeda,
and the Taliban.Ë~H
Younesi said that such stands adopted by those groups are to the loss
of the people and their beliefs, arguing, Ë~HI makes no difference
resorting to what kind of religious belief the criminal acts and
aggression takes place, because at any rate such deeds are totally
unrelated with the real essence of religions as the Prophets of God
all used to invite the people towards monotheism resorting to love
and kindness.Ë~H
The presidentË~Hs special adviser for ethnic minoritiesË~H affairs
said that a religion should not be taken advantage of at the service
of the material intentions of a group of people is incorrect.
Ë~HThroughout the history of mankind there have been people who
have committed crimes and resorted to aggression to secure their
own material interests under the disguise of different religions,Ë~H
he said.
Younesi meanwhile appreciated the initiative of the Armenians of Tehran
and northern parts of Iran in hosting Islamic fast breaking ceremonies
(Iftar parties) saying, Ë~HFasting exists in all divine faiths, and it
is only their methods and rituals that differ in different religions.
Ë~HFasting for GodË~Hs sake is a pretext aimed at further strengthening
of our relations with God, and this important point teaches the people
that for proximity with God the one who fasts also gets closer to
the other human beings to please God,Ë~H he added.
The Archbishop of Armenians of Tehran and northern parts of Iran,
too, in the ceremony in an address condemned the criminal acts of
the Zionists, saying, Ë~HMassacring the people in the name of God
is ridiculous, and unfortunately blind dogmatism is seen in entire
religions, resorting to which some people try to achieve certain
objectives.
Ë~HReligious extremists in addition to demolishing the facade of
religions also harm the peopleË~Hs beliefs and make the people escape
from religious beliefs,Ë~H added Archbishop Sobbouh Serkisian.
Ë~HWe are not permitted to posses the divine religions aimed at
achieving our own narrow objectives,Ë~H he added.
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Islamic Rep. News Agency IRNA, Iran
July 15 2014
Tehran, July 15, IRNA - PresidentË~Hs Special Adviser in Ethnic
Minorities Affairs Hojjatoleslam Ali Younesi said in a meeting with
Armenians here Monday evening that committing crimes in the name of
religions is definitely condemned.
Ë~HA group of bigots are defaming religions under the disguise
of religious beliefs, while aggression and committing crimes in
the name of religion is definitely condemned,Ë~H said Younesi, a
former intelligence minister in former Iranian president Mohammad
KhatamiË~Hs cabinet, said in an address for a gathering of Tehrani
and north Iranian Armenians at Iranian Armenians Association.
Ë~HThe divine religions and monotheist prophets of God have never
approved of aggression and observing cruelty against other human
beings because the nature of the Creator of universe is abundant is
love and kindness,Ë~H he said.
Ë~HResorting to force and imposing obligations cannot be used to
attract the people towards dogmatic and rigid beliefs, claiming that
those who do so want to guide the people towards heaven,Ë~H he said.
Turning to the ongoing criminal acts of the racist-Zionist regime,
Younesi said, Ë~HUnfortunately, during the course of the past few
decades the Zionist regime with the criminal acts it has committed
against the people of Palestine, has become the top murder in the
world history that have with their blind and racist deeds always kept
the region in chaotic and crisis-prone conditions.Ë~H
He said that the emergence of hardliner religious groups in the region,
too, is a result of the ZionistsË~H deeds.
The presidential adviser said that extremism and aggression against
the people is condemned under the name of any religion, adding,
Ë~HPresently, the region has suffered greatly due to the blind
deeds of some extremist Muslims in the name of the ISIS, Al Qaeda,
and the Taliban.Ë~H
Younesi said that such stands adopted by those groups are to the loss
of the people and their beliefs, arguing, Ë~HI makes no difference
resorting to what kind of religious belief the criminal acts and
aggression takes place, because at any rate such deeds are totally
unrelated with the real essence of religions as the Prophets of God
all used to invite the people towards monotheism resorting to love
and kindness.Ë~H
The presidentË~Hs special adviser for ethnic minoritiesË~H affairs
said that a religion should not be taken advantage of at the service
of the material intentions of a group of people is incorrect.
Ë~HThroughout the history of mankind there have been people who
have committed crimes and resorted to aggression to secure their
own material interests under the disguise of different religions,Ë~H
he said.
Younesi meanwhile appreciated the initiative of the Armenians of Tehran
and northern parts of Iran in hosting Islamic fast breaking ceremonies
(Iftar parties) saying, Ë~HFasting exists in all divine faiths, and it
is only their methods and rituals that differ in different religions.
Ë~HFasting for GodË~Hs sake is a pretext aimed at further strengthening
of our relations with God, and this important point teaches the people
that for proximity with God the one who fasts also gets closer to
the other human beings to please God,Ë~H he added.
The Archbishop of Armenians of Tehran and northern parts of Iran,
too, in the ceremony in an address condemned the criminal acts of
the Zionists, saying, Ë~HMassacring the people in the name of God
is ridiculous, and unfortunately blind dogmatism is seen in entire
religions, resorting to which some people try to achieve certain
objectives.
Ë~HReligious extremists in addition to demolishing the facade of
religions also harm the peopleË~Hs beliefs and make the people escape
from religious beliefs,Ë~H added Archbishop Sobbouh Serkisian.
Ë~HWe are not permitted to posses the divine religions aimed at
achieving our own narrow objectives,Ë~H he added.
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