The mainstream media reaction to the Iranian Leaders message to the Western youth has so far been coward silence including such news agencies as Russia Today! Might be too early to judge, but not even the so-called alternative media has covered this important precedent by an iconic muslim Leader that could be a strong inspiration for exchange and understanding about genuine Islam among Western youths and intellectuals. Some excerpts: The recent events in France and similar ones in some other Western countries have convinced me to directly talk to you about them. I am addressing you, [the youth], not because I overlook your parents, rather it is because the future of your nations and countries will be in your hands; and also I find that the sense of quest for truth is more vigorous and attentive in your hearts. I don’t address your politicians and statesmen either in this writing because I believe that they have consciously separated the route of politics from the path of righteousness and truth. You know well that humiliation and spreading hatred and illusionary fear of the “other” have been the common base of all those oppressive profiteers. Now, I would like you to ask yourself why the old policy of spreading “phobia” and hatred has targeted Islam and Muslims with an unprecedented intensity. Why does the power structure in the world want Islamic thought to be marginalized and remain latent? What concepts and values in Islam disturb the programs of the super powers and what interests are safeguarded in the shadow of distorting the image of Islam? Hence, my first request is: Study and research the incentives behind this widespread tarnishing of the image of Islam. Therefore, don’t miss the opportunity to gain proper, correct and unbiased understanding of Islam so that hopefully, due to your sense of responsibility toward the truth, future generations would write the history of this current interaction between Islam and the West with a clearer conscience and lesser resentment. presstv.ir/Detail/2015/01/21/394174/Iran-leader-addresses-Western-youth Arash Lahyi, Arash Shafayat, Meet the Real Iran, Rouhamaa / رحماء, Jeannette Lucas, Angelica Ariz, Anna OLeary, Mohammad Araz, Saeed Hajati, Pedro Sousa, Daniel Mabsout, Joshua Blakeney, Tyler Vincent II, Tahra Ahmed, Um Qasim, Alireza Zerafati, Mohammed Aqeel, Aliev Dudaev, Steve Schleder, Kiarash Jalili, Haji Sophia, Renita Santi, Sania Hassan Nasrullah, Tahwar Hussain
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 03:54:10 +0000
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