Cleric: Inter-faith proximity great project which can activate many potentials of nation

The speech in full comes as follows:

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
All praises be to Allah, Lord of all the worlds. Prayers and salutations be upon our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), his infallible household and dignified and top companions

Inter-faith proximity is a big project which can activate many of the potential of the nation, but it has not yet done it.
The rich potential in religion, Ummah and Islam can be so outstanding vis-à-vis the world community, while having vital and essential role in contemporary issues. There is just one condition and that’s Muslims having no difference; rather, there should be strong proximity and deep-rooted co-existence of children of this nation. If we do not have such characteristics, we will not be able to put Islam and its capacities and potential at service of Muslims and community of human beings.
Therefore, inter-faith proximity is not a marginal issue or a proposal with second-grade importance. Rather, the proposal is atop of the list of proposals and projects to which Muslims in the big project should pay attention. We should know that in absence of proximity and solidarity Sunnis will not be able to serve Islam and nation as Shiites will not be able to do anything. These are two parts of the nation and without presence of the two main groups of Shiites and Sunnis they will do nothing. Other sects like Abzieh, Zeidi and all the sects should play their role.
We are asked the basic question, “Why we are not able to do the proximity comprehensively and broadly? Why we are not able to use and exploit the opportunities well? Why inter-faith proximity was not turned into biggest project of Islamic Ummah?”
We are always asked such questions; of course, we should analyze and survey the questions seriously, carefully and really.
In replay, many issue can be referred to and in this program, I am going to focus only on one of the factors, which prevented the proximity project to proceed as it should be and as expected. True, thanks God, proximity is effective and Muslims do know that, believing that excellent research is underway on analyzing inefficiency of proximity.

We want proximity to solve issues and prevent dispersion and discord so that divergence and lack of coordination here and there be removed.
As I said, there are many factors at work, including humanities’ disrespecting proximity. i.e., lack of respect of the religious and human sciences to proximity. That’s a big problem that we should move towards it within framework of science. We should revive Islamic sciences, to be covered by proximity. We should establish the sciences that could be active in connection with proximity.
Therefore, we are in dire need of scientific project and attributing it proximity. Science exists in the course of proximity and clarification of logical relationship between idea of proximity and science and idea of scientific movement. Therefore, we are in dire need of the sciences that have something to do with proximity and it should be a science in line with proximity and revealing logical relationship of the idea of proximity and knowledge and idea of scientific movement of proximity.
The proximity will not bear fruit as we expect and as I said, sometimes the proximity should be included in table of Islamic sciences like jurisprudence.
Guiding jurisprudence towards proximity and try to express proximity issues, there will be many religious capacities, facilities and potential.
Investigating proximity within framework of jurisprudent, we can get closer and make it firmer and more fruitful.
That’s jurisprudence that probes into work, job, profession and responsibilities. As long as proximity is not considered from the obligatory and functional standpoint, how can rely on mere moral orders and recommendations? We should express it and we can do the job within framework of jurisprudence of Ummah.
Jurisprudence of Ummah is a big and important jurisprudence and is considered one of the substructures of the nation, Islam and Islamic movement. This scientific-jurisprudential infrastructure does not exist in our circle, however.
Jurisprudence of Ummah is a big project, consisting of jurisprudence of Ummah beliefs, jurisprudence of goals of Ummah, jurisprudence of Islamic morals in Ummah, jurisprudence of proximity, jurisprudence of blasphemy, jurisprudence of globalization of the ideas created by Islam, entitled ideas of nation like moderation, jurisprudence of moderation of pattern (I put you a moderate nation), jurisprudence of moderation, jurisprudence of being a model and testifying.
How a nation can be a witness, model and sample? Jurisprudence of following model of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
There are many instruments and devices in jurisprudence of nation like relations of nation, jurisprudence of the quality of understanding common interests of a nation and other issues.
This is in connection with jurisprudence as it is with speech.
This is about jurisprudence as holds true with philosophy; the speech of nation is also considered.
The word of nation does not reveal our duties vis-à-vis nation; rather, nation is what God has created; the nation is product of God as Holy Quran explicitly refers to it. Speech of nation has various dimensions, which can be highlighted like divine rules governing the nation. Therefore, speech is what we speak about and through which we speak of creation of holy and pure God.
Moreover, the science of interpretation, which is an important issue, and there are important verses and issues in Quran on nation but we did not collect and analyze them.
As for nation, sociology of nation, other sciences can also be created; this nation needs sociology so that expert Ulima from other sciences get together to speak about social issues of the nation, culture of nation and so on.
So, I suggest concentration on astonishing scientific aspects and giving scientific personality to proximity so that it will come out of the frame of words, slogan and expressions; though important, it is not accountable. Mere pure slogans or the slogans without scientific backing, even if important, will not be promising and we should keep away of the situation and before chanting slogans, understand Islamic identity.
Islamic sociology means identity of Islam. But what is identity of a nation? What is the relationship between the identity and religious identity? Have we come to survey the basic issue?
If we act on sciences, many important issues, key issues will be put seriously before us and we can put proximity in a key, influential and helpful area.
Peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon you all.