Revival Of Islamic Culture Key To Fight Extremism: Rouhani

Dushanbe, Sept 11, IRNA – Iranˈs President Hassan Rouhani said here Wednesday evening that restoration of the Islamic culture is the key to fight against extremism. "Enemies of moderation and civilization have targeted us," the President said while addressing a group of academics and elites here. He said the Iranian-Islamic culture is based on three principles including "moderation, love of humanity and preventing prejudice." "Persian is the language of peace and whoever speaks this language regardless of his/her nationality is an honorary citizen of Iran," said the President. Everyone who is familiar with the Persian language and can understand the language of Hafez, Ferdowsi and Molana is an Iranian citizen." President Rouhani is in Tajikistan to attend the 14th summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). He said in the contemporary world, security of each single nation is linked with security of others. "Therefore all regional states should work together for further development of the Islamic civilization," he noted. Refering to a number of presian-language regional states, the President said Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan as well as a large part of Indian peninsula and Central Asia are all pieces of a rich civilization. Noting that Iran has made great achievements in all scientific fields, he voiced Tehran's readiness to share experiences with "its friendly and neighboring states," Tajikistan in particular as the two nations share common language and civilization. President Rouhani also criticized certain terrorist groups such as Taliban and Daesh (ISIS) noting that they are fighting against humanity and the Islamic culture. They have no idea of the real concept of Islam and are fighting the religion under the guise of Islam and Islamic State, said the President./end