Tehran To Host Conference On "Culture of Resistance," Called ......

Tehran To Host Conference On "Culture of Resistance," Called "Islamic World – A Victim of Terrorism"

The Iranian daily Tehran Times reports today that the first international conference on the "culture of resistance" is to be held in Tehran May 1-2, 2007.

Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought, Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri, said that the event, called "Islamic World – A Victim of Terrorism," is "planned to help expand the culture of resistance in the Islamic world." He added that 45 figures from 28 different countries would be attending.

The Iranian daily Jomhouri-ye Eslami added that representatives of the Iranian government, leaders of resistance movements from Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority, and representatives from non-Islamic countries would also be attending.

Tashkiri said that the conference's main objective is to "study terrorism and the ways to confront it, the role of global powers in the emergence of terrorist groups, a distinction between legitimate defense and terrorism, and a distinction between pure Islam and a distorted Islam."

He added, "Now the Islamic world is under the attack of the global hegemony, and the enemies are trying to shatter the unity and resistance of the ummah" through sowing the seeds of discord among Muslims. He said that the enemy is trying to intertwine the "concepts of resistance and terrorism," delete the "culture of jihad" from the Islamic system, and portray the Islamic "resistance" groups as terrorists.

He added that the Islamic ummah needs to be more familiar with the culture of resistance and be vigilant, adding, "Islamic vigilance delivers lethal blow to the global hegemony."

Source: Tehran Times, Jomhouri-ye Eslami, Iran, April 25, 2007