The 30th Islamic unity conference kicked off in Tehran on Thursday, with scholars and religious thinkers from more than 50 countries across the World attending the event.

President Hasan Rouhani opened the conference, entitled “Unity, Necessity of Countering Takfiri movements”.

Role of Takfiri currents in fomenting discord among Muslims, the need for countering Takfiri currents in order for realizing Islamic unity, the danger of Takfiri currents for keeping alive the issue of Palestine, and the Zionist regime’s use of Takfiri currents are among the topics to be discussed at the three-day event.

Attended by its prominent members and thinkers from other Malaysia, Russia, Indonesia, Iraq, Lebanon, Thailand, U.K, Australia, China and etc., the event provides a ground for its attendees to exchange their views for sorting out the standing setbacks Muslim nations are mired in.

Over 300 domestic and foreign guests, a number of scholars from different countries and 220 prominent figures from across the Islamic World have participated in the international Islamic event.

Source: Iranian media