In a Sunday meeting with a group of clerics and prayer leaders in Tehran on the occasion of World Mosque Day, the Leader said a secular Islam," which is restricted to individual orcollective worship, is not the subject of hostility for domineering powers.
What bullying powers are opposed to is a powerful Islamwhich lays the foundations for a sociopolitical system and guides nations towards prosperity, Ayatollah Khamenei added.
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Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei addresses prayer leaders in Tehran on August 21, 2016. (Photo by Khamenei.ir)[/caption]Touching upon the international occasion, the Leader said Iran insistently demanded that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation designate August 21 as World Mosque Day in an effort to draw attention to Israels burning of the al-Aqsa Mosque in 1969.
On this day 47 year ago, Aqsa Mosque was set on fire by an Australian settler in coordination with Israeli officials and military forces. The fire gutted the southeastern wing of the mosque.
By Press TV
