{"id":237910,"date":"2021-04-14T12:29:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T17:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=237910"},"modified":"2023-04-10T22:56:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T21:56:59","slug":"international-online-conference-in-ramadan-islam-the-religion-of-mercy-brotherhood-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/international-online-conference-in-ramadan-islam-the-religion-of-mercy-brotherhood-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"International Online Conference in Ramadan: Islam the Religion of Mercy, Brotherhood & Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Ramadan<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, a panel of international dignitaries joined an online conference, observing the holy month of Ramadan and declaring interfaith solidarity in the face of fundamentalism that has spread and promoted by the mullahs regime in Iran.<\/p>\n

The Iranian regime is the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism. To pursue its evil goal of spreading chaos, the Iranian regime has been using a fundamentalist misinterpretation of Islam.<\/p>\n

The international dignitaries joined the opposition president-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, and condemned the Iranian regime\u2019s fundamentalism, and supported the Iranian people\u2019s call for freedom and democracy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Anwar Malek, Algerian author<\/h2>\n

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The prominent Algerian author, Mr. Anwar Malek was the moderator of the International Conference in observance of the Holy Month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n

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Below, you can read the speeches of the dignitaries in length:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maryam Rajavi<\/h2>\n

the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/h3>\n
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Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) speaking at the Ramadan Online Conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Today, the pandemic has changed the face of many countries but Iran\u2019s case is different. The regime ruling Iran has deliberately been seeking massive human casualties to prevent popular protests. It has used the Coronavirus<\/a> as a shield to fend off uprisings to the extent that the mullahs\u2019 supreme leader Ali Khamenei declared a ban on the purchase of vaccines from the U.S., Britain, and France. The ruling mullahs turn a blind eye to the warnings and requests of specialist physicians meant to confront the Coronavirus and to reduce the fatalities it causes.<\/p>\n

In reality, the Iranian people simultaneously face two monsters: the virus of religious fascism and the Coronavirus. Iran\u2019s ruling mullahs lack the very value that is the criterion for human dignity, the value that the Quran has emphasized, namely, piety.<\/p>\n

The mullahs\u2019 evil ideology consists of exporting terrorism and fundamentalism to countries in the region to preserve the regime\u2019s internal and external balance of power. They have imposed compulsory religion and a series of religious forms of discrimination. They have established misogyny and gender apartheid. They have monopolized the country\u2019s economy and engaged in savage plunder and exploitation.<\/p>\n

Their four-decade-long record of crimes and oppression reveals [the mullahs] as being the pharaohs of this era: The execution of 120,000 political opponents, the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners, and the slaughter of at least 1,500 young men and women during the November 2019 uprising<\/a>.<\/p>\n

No one has forgotten the regime\u2019s chants and cries in support of the \u201coppressed.\u201d Now, look at the extensive plunder and corruption they have imposed on Iran\u2026 Indeed, who has said that Islam means keeping millions of Iranians hungry in order to set up an arsenal of missiles and develop a nuclear bomb? Is brutalizing Afghan refugees, throwing them into rivers, and burning their cars Islamic?<\/p>\n

Today, the ruling religious fascism in Iran has stepped into a phase of failures and defeat despite all the bloodshed and clampdown that it has committed. Yes, the time has come for the decline and defeat of religious fundamentalism and reactionary ideology.<\/p>\n

Clearly, so long as the clerical regime has not been overthrown, it will not abandon repression, religious discrimination, and misogyny. It will not abandon its meddling and crimes in Middle East countries because it relies on these policies for its survival.<\/p>\n

But there is a solution to this ominous calamity that has taken hostage the destinies of Middle East countries and poses the greatest threat to global peace and security. The solution is the overthrow of the mullahs\u2019 religious fascism by the Iranian Resistance and through the uprising of the Iranian people.<\/p>\n

Read the full text of Mrs. Rajavi’s speech here<\/a><\/p>\n

Sid Ahmed Ghozali, former Prime Minister of Algeria<\/h3>\n
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Sid Ahmed Ghozali, former Prime Minister of Algeria during the Ramadan Online Conference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The fight against dictatorship will not only serve the Iranian people but also people in neighboring regions. The Iranian Resistance provides an alternative to dictatorships. This is the specific characteristic of the Iranian Resistance<\/a>. It has enormous experience and has made enormous sacrifices for the Iranian people. Even those who are not Iranian wish success for this noble cause. And this is why we consider it as our shared cause.<\/p>\n

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Sid Ahmed Ghozali, Ex-PM of Algeria: The fight against dictatorship will not only serve #Iran<\/a> people but also people in the neighboring regions. The Iranian resistance provides an alternative to dictatorships. #Ramadan<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/fs86gMKYbz<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) April 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n