Editorial Desk :
Barely a week had passed after the much debated US President’s visit to the Middle East – and diplomatic and security situation inside the Gulf region seems to have dramatically shifted for the worst. Just after the region had plunged into a serious diplomatic crisis, a group of terrorists had carried out twin-attacks in Iran’s parliament building and the Ayatollah Khomeini’s mausoleum. Some twelve people have been reported to have been killed during the onslaught. Moreover, The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed to have carried out the attacks.
The claim, if we take to be true, calls for immediate joint response by all Muslim states against this unanticipated act of terror. It was a despicable act of desperate cruelty.
However, Iran is an Islamic Republic, and despite the country’s majority being the followers
of a different school of thought – the country is a major stakeholder in the Islamic world and the oil industry. Therefore, any act of terror carried against the Iranian people also goes against Muslims. It is because of this reason why, a terrorist non-state actor such as the IS should be highly condemned by the Muslim world.
Needs be mentioned, Iran has been at the top of so-called Islamic State’s target list for a number of years now, but it is, however, the timing of this attack which now confirms – the so-called Islamic State is also being potentially used to destabilise and spread terror in the Gulf region. Iran, Qatar, and all Middle-Eastern countries should at once come to realise that a severe geopolitical crisis is quick looming over the Gulf and the Middle-East. It is not only a terrorist organisation but in fact, the evil syndicate which has once again become operational to tear apart the cultural and religious unity of the Muslim states in the Middle-East.
Despite appearing to be a more vulnerable target than European countries due to its proximity to territories controlled by the jihadist group – Iran until, last Wednesday, had been able to prevent cross-border terror attacks. Now with Iran coming under attacks, other Gulf countries too have become potential Islamic State targets. And it is right now more than ever, when all Muslim countries should unite and jointly find out the deeper truth behind ISIS and others Islamist terrorist outfits. They are working more against the interests of Muslim and Muslim countries.
Today, IS militants are facing a losing battle in Iraq and are retreating in Syria but even more dangerous is that, a syndicate of major global powers have unfolded a evil strategy to hit and destroy Islam in the name of fighting extremism, militancy and global terrorism.
We stand united with Tehran, Kabul, London, Paris, and all terror-afflicted cities for that matter. It is our firm belief that ISIS and other Islamist outfits are not for helping the cause of Muslims. They are anti-Muslim bodies using mentally problematic young Muslims to make Muslims hated in the Western countries. These bodies are also making Muslim countries target of their acts of terrorism. The truth must be found out by Muslim countries together.
Barely a week had passed after the much debated US President’s visit to the Middle East – and diplomatic and security situation inside the Gulf region seems to have dramatically shifted for the worst. Just after the region had plunged into a serious diplomatic crisis, a group of terrorists had carried out twin-attacks in Iran’s parliament building and the Ayatollah Khomeini’s mausoleum. Some twelve people have been reported to have been killed during the onslaught. Moreover, The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed to have carried out the attacks.
The claim, if we take to be true, calls for immediate joint response by all Muslim states against this unanticipated act of terror. It was a despicable act of desperate cruelty.
However, Iran is an Islamic Republic, and despite the country’s majority being the followers
of a different school of thought – the country is a major stakeholder in the Islamic world and the oil industry. Therefore, any act of terror carried against the Iranian people also goes against Muslims. It is because of this reason why, a terrorist non-state actor such as the IS should be highly condemned by the Muslim world.
Needs be mentioned, Iran has been at the top of so-called Islamic State’s target list for a number of years now, but it is, however, the timing of this attack which now confirms – the so-called Islamic State is also being potentially used to destabilise and spread terror in the Gulf region. Iran, Qatar, and all Middle-Eastern countries should at once come to realise that a severe geopolitical crisis is quick looming over the Gulf and the Middle-East. It is not only a terrorist organisation but in fact, the evil syndicate which has once again become operational to tear apart the cultural and religious unity of the Muslim states in the Middle-East.
Despite appearing to be a more vulnerable target than European countries due to its proximity to territories controlled by the jihadist group – Iran until, last Wednesday, had been able to prevent cross-border terror attacks. Now with Iran coming under attacks, other Gulf countries too have become potential Islamic State targets. And it is right now more than ever, when all Muslim countries should unite and jointly find out the deeper truth behind ISIS and others Islamist terrorist outfits. They are working more against the interests of Muslim and Muslim countries.
Today, IS militants are facing a losing battle in Iraq and are retreating in Syria but even more dangerous is that, a syndicate of major global powers have unfolded a evil strategy to hit and destroy Islam in the name of fighting extremism, militancy and global terrorism.
We stand united with Tehran, Kabul, London, Paris, and all terror-afflicted cities for that matter. It is our firm belief that ISIS and other Islamist outfits are not for helping the cause of Muslims. They are anti-Muslim bodies using mentally problematic young Muslims to make Muslims hated in the Western countries. These bodies are also making Muslim countries target of their acts of terrorism. The truth must be found out by Muslim countries together.
