Muslim states should fix Islam�s public image: Rouhani

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said that Muslim countries should strive to improve the world’s opinion of Islam.
“We must remove Islam’s negative image from today’s cyber and real space,” he said in Tehran at an international conference on “The Islamic World’s Current Crisis”.
Most “violence, terror and massacres, unfortunately, take place in the Islamic world,” he said.
“I invite all Islamic countries in this region and beyond—even those who until today have bombed and launched missiles on their neighbours—for all of us to stop this and choose the right path,” he said.
He did not give any country names.
Shiite Iran supports Yemen’s Huthi rebels, while its Sunni-ruled regional rival Saudi Arabia leads a military coalition that has been bombing them in support of the loyalists since March.
“How many bombs and missiles have you purchased from America this year?” he asked. “If you had distributed the money for those bombs and missiles among poor Muslims, nobody would be going to bed hungry.”
Tehran also backs the Syrian regime, whose army is fighting rebels and jihadists, including the Islamic State group that has taken over large swathes of the country and neighbouring Iraq.

 

Muslim states should fix Islam�s public image: Rouhani

AFP, TEHRAN: Irans President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said that Muslim countries should strive to improve the worlds opinion of Islam. We must remove Islams negative image from todays cyber and real space, he said in Tehran at an international conference on The Islamic Worlds Current Crisis. Most violence, terror and massacres, unfortunately, take place in the Islamic world, he said. I invite all Islamic countries in this region and beyondeven those who until today have bombed and launched missiles on their neighboursfor all of us to stop this and choose the right path, he said. He did not give any country names. Shiite Iran supports Yemens Huthi rebels, while its Sunni-ruled regional rival Saudi Arabia leads a military coalition that has been bombing them in support of the loyalists since March. How many bombs and missiles have you purchased from America this year? he asked. If you had distributed the money for those bombs and missiles among poor Muslims, nobody would be going to bed hungry. Tehran also backs the Syrian regime, whose army is fighting rebels and jihadists, including the Islamic State group that has taken over large swathes of the country and neighbouring Iraq.