14/11/2006 A.D, 23 Shawwal 1427 H

The Religious Authority, Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah, received a delegation of the Islamic Scholars Gathering, headed by its chairman Sheik Ahmad Az-Zein, who said: “We should always visit Your Eminence not only to come and ask about your health, but also to follow the path of the Islamic unity that you represent its model…” .

He added: “We view you as a Religious Authority and a model that we follow in our policy and movements. This is because we see that you represent a great Islamic model who calls for a unifying and united Islam and persists in working for the sake of uniting Islam, ignoring the trivial differences and embracing those who work in the united Islamic path. Hence, you have always supported the Islamic Scholars Gathering and the dedicated Resistance. We promise you that we will persevere in the path of Islamic unity and overcome all the traps that are planted to hinder our unity. And we affirm that all Muslim sects are paths that follow the same jurisprudential path.

Sayyed Fadlullhah focused on the importance of the Gathering’s role and stated that it is necessary to maintain this experiment and widen its movement to make it spread all around the Islamic world in order to face all the plots that try to divide Muslims.

Moreover, His Eminence said that all Muslims, especially scholars, should take initiatives in order to reveal the truth and let all people know that the issues raised are political and not sectarian ones and that those who are trying to mix up the political issues with the sectarian ones are serving the nation’s enemies.

Besides, he indicated that there are two political parties in the region. Each of them compromises more than one sect, thus; we have to clarify this fact in order to separate the political issues from the sectarian ones. In addition, he stressed the importance of removing the convulsive discourse from the political and sectarian differences in order not to allow others to take us to religious or sectarian battles.