Leader of Islamic Ummah: Sacrilege of Holy Quran Means Direspecting Humanity

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with the participants of the 37th International Islamic Unity Conference (IIUC) on Tuesday morning blasted the western countries’ indifference towards insulting Islamic sanctities, especially the Holy Quran, and said that such acts are equal to disrespect for humanity.

The meeting was held on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the Prophet of Islam, Hazrat Mohammad (PBUH).

“Today, the enmities toward Islam is more obvious than ever, and  describing the desecration of the Holy Quran in European countries is a blatant example of such enmities,” the Supreme Leader said.

“The masterminds behind this crime and this hateful act think they can undermine the Quran, but they are wrong. They destroy themselves,” Ayatollah Khamenei added.

He pointed out that all the members of mankind, whether they believe in this religion or not, are indebted to the Great Prophet.

Elsewhere in his speech, Ayatollah Khamenei said the Zionist regime is full of hatred and anger not only toward Iran but also toward other regional countries, including Egypt, Iraq, and Syria, because their goal was to occupy territories from the Niles to the Euphrates and this did not happen.

“These countries did let that happen in different periods and for various reasons, and therefore, [the Zionists] are full of hatred and anger [toward them],” he said, citing a verse in the Holy Quran to tell the Zionists to “be angry and die of anger.”

The Supreme Leader also said the Islamic Republic strongly believes that the governments that pursue the “normalization wager” with the Zionist regime will suffer greatly.

He said, “Defeat awaits them. They are making a mistake. As the Europeans say, ‘They are betting on a losing horse.’”

“Today, the situation of the Zionist regime is not a situation that would encourage proximity toward it,” he warned, adding that the regime will be gone soon.

“Today, the Palestinian movement is livelier than ever in these seventy, eighty years. Today, the Palestinian youth and the Palestinian movement, the anti-occupation, anti-oppression, anti-Zionism movement is more energetic, and more prepared than ever,” Ayatollah Khamenei noted.

And God willing, he continued, this movement will bear fruit, and this cancer, as Imam Khomeini rightly called it, will be eradicated by the hands of the Palestinian people and the resistance forces in the entire region.

Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi, Iranian officials, and envoys of Islamic states are also present at the meeting.