Daesh, result of wayward interpretation of Islam: cleric
Top Iranian cleric noted that inflexibility and ethnic cleansing behaviors have led to numerous instances of violence and massacre calling Takfir as an example of extremism.
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Hujjat-ul-Islam Mohammad Hussein Mokhtari, head of the University of Islamic Denominations, attended the ninth round of interreligious dialogue with world council of churches to call Daesh as the clearest example of extremism resulted by wayward interpretation of Islam and slamming the behavior of terrorist group as hostile to humanity, reported Taqrib News Agency (TNA).
He said,” Extremism has once appeared in Fascism or in racist measures like the ethnic cleansing of the Muslims in Bosnians by Serbs, killing of Palestinians by Zionists or multi-national criminal organizations like Al-Qaeda and Daesh.”
The cleric called Daesh as the clearest example of extremism resulted by wayward interpretation of Islamic texts when evey individual member of Daesh is suffering mental complexes saying,” What we witness is their personal issues and not a problem with Islam or Muslims which has poured out in collective scales” and added,” Daesh is concerned for itself and not for Islam involving all to solve its own issues.”
Iranian cleric counted sectarian rifts as one of the crises which has plagued the world of Islam since long and stressed that a major part of the issue is due to different interpretation of holy texts in a way that it has turned into an excuse for sparking violence and clashes among different nations and governments.
Director of the University of Islamic Denominations highlighted holy books as a part of world literature heritage, each of which likely to be called the soul of world literature due to its influence on the people.
In another part of his speech in this meeting, Hujjat-ul-Islam Mokhtari said,” The prime axis according which extremist and Takfiri thoughts, violence and inflexibility are formed is an inaccuaret understanding of holy texts” and added,” Those with such worldview substitute the true meaning of religion with their partial and inaccurate understanding of religious texts and limit religion in petrified views.”
He criticized extremist groups for accusations against religion and also for their harmony with world arrogant powers in sparking religiophobia eventually religious disaffiliation of people.
Ninth round of interreligious dialogue between Iran and world council of churches opened in the Organization of Culture and Islamic Communications to discuss the role of exegesis of religious texts to create a world without violence in Tehran on Monday August 21st, 2017.
