S. Leader: Regional Uprisings Should Distance Themselves From Global Arrogance

Tehran, Dec 12, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that regional uprisings should distance themselves from global arrogance. The Supreme Leader made the remarks in a meeting with a number of world universities professors who attended the two-day conference of the World Universities Professors and Islamic Awakening in Tehran on Tuesday. In the meeting, the Supreme Leader highlighted the ups and downs as well as all challenges and probable threats to this end. Presence of Muslim professors from world universities is a opportunity which should be seized, said Ayatollah Khamenei. The issue of Islamic awakening and its spread is a significant development which has caused serious changes in some countries, said the Supreme Leader. Islamic awakening is a wonderful phenomena of which enemies are afraid Ayatollah Khamenei said, adding that the enemies try to ignore the issue of "Islamic Awakening" because of their fear of promotion of genuine Islam. "We believe that the current Islamic Awakening will continue without any deviation from its original path," the Supreme Leader said. The mottos chanted by people in the course of regional uprisings have targeted corrupted regimes which is a clear manifestation of Islamic movement, the Supreme Leader reiterated. The Islamists have won people's support and votes in all movements, underlined the Supreme Leader. The evaluation of such movements and revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya should should be free from any confusion, said the Supreme Leader. Distancing itself from global arrogance is among the prime goals of the Islamic Awakening movement, Ayatollah Khamenei said, underlining that any reconciliation between the US and Islamic movements is totally out of question. Where Islam or Islamists are present, the US does its utmost to eradicate them, the Supreme Leader warned. "We do not want regional revolutions to turn into a war on global arrogance but they should distance themselves from it in order not to be deceived," said Ayatollah Khamenei. Global arrogance try to employ various means such as money, weapons and science to dominate the world, Ayatollah Khamenei said, adding that Islam is full of new ideas and road maps but they lack such a characteristic. New ideas are among points of strength of Islam in its confrontation with the West which is relying on weapons, money and science, said the Supreme Leader. Ayatollah Khamenei said they try to imply that the Islamic Sharia does not meet the needs of people but in fact Islam has addressed all the needs of people throughout history. People hold the real power and for this reason the US or any other arrogant powers cannot take any action against people's will, said the Supreme Leader. The role of intellectuals, writers, poets and Ulema is very important in enlightening people's mind in pursuing the goals of their revolutions, said Ayatollah Khamenei. The Islamic Republic of Iran is an exemplary model for Islamic countries and those who have risen up against arrogant powers, said Ayatollah Khamenei. Before the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, Iran's scientific ranking was very low but now Iran is among top ranking countries of the world in this regard, Ayatollah Khamenei said. The successful experiences of the Islamic Republic of Iran should be followed by other countries, the Supreme Leader said. Unity is among important issues of the Islamic world, Ayatollah Khamenei said, adding that the West and US try to sow discords among Muslims under various scenarios. The Supreme Leader called on world Muslim to exercise vigilance in dealing with internatioal issues and developments. The 8-day war in Gaza was a good example of Muslims' progress, said the Supreme Leader. He praised Palestinians including Hamas and Islamic Jihad which demonstrated their courage in Gaza, said the Supreme Leader. "I sincerely thank the Palestinian combatants for their devotion, hard efforts and patience," said the Supreme Leader. The 8-day war in Gaza is an important lesson for people in Palestine as well as other Muslims of the world, said the Supreme Leader. On Bahrain, the Supreme Leader said "Unfortunately we are now witnessing the silence of world Muslims on the issue due to their lack of correct understanding of developments taking place in that country. " On Syrian developments, the Supreme Leader said the Islamic Republic of Iran is against any bloodshed but traitors have brought civil war, destruction and fratricide to Syria. People's demands should be met through democratic means and away from violence, said the Supreme Leader. The two-day conference of the World Universities Professors and Islamic Awakening began with an inaugural speech by Ali Kabar Velayati who is secretary general of Iran's World Assembly of Islamic Awakening and the senior advisor to the Supreme Leader. Some 350 Iranian and 250 foreign scholars and university professors from 70 countries are attending the event whose theme is promotion of justice and religious democracy throughout the world./end