Supreme Leader’s advisor calls on Fajr festival organizers to highlight Islamic awakening

TEHRAN,Dec.24 (MNA) -- The Supreme Leader’s advisor on international affairs has asked organizers of the Fajr International Film Festival to underline the Islamic awakening through holding various meetings on the issue during the event, which will take place in February 2012. “The meetings should discuss what the ideology of a Muslim is and the differences between that ideology and Western ideology,” Ali-Akbar Velayati said during a meeting with the festival secretary, Mohammad Khazaii, on Thursday. “Over 200 years has passed since the French Revolution. A number of Islamic countries have tried to walk on the same path, but, today, there are no countries among the 57 Islamic nations to be considered as B-or-C-list countries from the point of view of progress by moving on the path of liberal democracy,” he added. “Unfortunately, many countries even changed their costumes, alphabets and languages. For example, Turkey is no longer able to make a connection with other Turks. They have deprived themselves of the ancient Turkish alphabet and cultural heritage, but have never reached Europe at all,” he explained. Velayati held the position of the foreign minister of Iran from 1981 to 1997.