Rouhani Stresses Need for Promoting Moderate Islam

Date: 15 March 2015 - 20:46

News ID: ۱۲۰۷۸

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and the Indonesian president’s special envoy, in a meeting here on Sunday, stressed the need for cooperation between the two Muslim nations in a bid to promote the moderate image of Islam in the face of extremist moves.
"In the turbulent contemporary world, Tehran and Jakarta can introduce the genuine and moderate Islam which is faced with the ominous phenomenon of terrorism and violence,” President Rouhani told Alwi Shihab.
"As two Muslim and Asian countries and members of international bodies such as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iran and Indonesia can play a major role in advancing regional and international issues by relying on their commonalities,” the Iranian president added.
He said Tehran and Jakarta can open up new horizons in their bilateral ties since they both have an Islamic culture and share views on the fight against arrogant powers.
The Indonesian envoy, for his part, voiced the Southeast Asian country’s keenness to join hands with Iran in promoting the moderate Islam in the face of extremism.
Shihab also handed the Indonesian president’s official invitation to Rouhani to attend an event commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Asian-African Conference, slated for April in Indonesia.
The first Asian–African Conference also known as the Bandung Conference was held in 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia.
The 25 countries that participated at the Bandung Conference represented nearly one-quarter of the earth’s land surface and a total population of 1.5 billion people.