President al-Assad meets Levant Scholars' Union delegation.. Stresses importance of confronting Israeli practices to Judize Jerusalem

Apr 11, 2012

DAMASCUS, (SANA)-President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday received a delegation of the Levant Scholars' Union which was formed yesterday during the Levant Scholars' conference for Supporting Jerusalem.

President al-Assad underline the importance of the Conference to confront the Israeli dangerous practices to judize Jerusalem and demolish al-Aqsa mosque.. as well as contributing to facing such practices through escalating the popular campaign in all Arab and Islamic countries to support Jerusalem and the Palestinian Cause.

The President also stressed the need for forming the Levant Scholars' Union as to become the light for all world and to spread instructions of true and tolerant Islam starting off from the Levant countries which embraced the heavenly religions and spread them all over the world.

President al-Assad underscored the importance of the Union to face challenges encountering the Arabs, Muslims and dealing with them seriously, particularly conveying the true image of Islam in light of the distorting campaign to which Muslims are exposed.

As for extremism, the President said that there is nothing called extremism in Islam, adding "Islam is extremist in good and amity and in regards to organizing societies, promoting and developing them."

On Islam and Arabism, President al-Assad went on to say that a lot of Arab Muslims have separated Arabism form Islam while the non-Arab Muslim is still linking the two notions.. wondering how we separate the Arabism of the Prophet Mohammad from Islam, and how we separate the holy Quran from Arabism and its Arab and Islamic context while the Prophet had boasted of his Arabism and belonging to Quraish.

The President added "so, we couldn’t separate the two notions.. Arabism was the bearer of the thought of Quran and its instructions, and Islam has kept Arabism and the Arab Language."

For his part, Chairman of the Levant Scholars' Union, Dr. Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti expressed confidence that the Union will contribute to solving the problems in the society through the efforts of the scholars and through Islamic documented reference.

He considered that Syria's message has not been clear throughout ages as it will be clear during this age.

Members of the delegation appreciated Syria's hosting of the Conference and its permanent care for the Palestinian Cause , calling for intensifying efforts to support the Palestinian issue and Jerusalem , warning against bids of making peoples focus on internal problems and plant seeds of sedition to divert the attention from the crimes of Israel against al-Aqsa.

They condemned the campaign against Syria which targets its stances and attempts of destabilizing its security through fabricating lies and creating instigations.

The members presented a copy of the Quran and a Damascene sword to President al-Assad.

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