{"id":52694,"date":"2015-08-26T21:23:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T18:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/?p=52694"},"modified":"2015-08-26T21:23:28","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T18:23:28","slug":"russias-top-islamic-cleric-calls-for-protecting-syrias-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=52694","title":{"rendered":"Russia&#8217;s top Islamic cleric calls for protecting Syria&#8217;s heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow, SANA-Head of Russia&#8217;s Muftis Council Sheikh Rawi&#8217;ein El-Deen deplored the current state of affairs in Syria, citing the appalling scale of destruction, killing and displacement happening in it.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s top Islamic cleric, during his meeting in Moscow with the National Dialogue Follow-up committee delegation led by Minister of State for National Reconciliation Affairs Dr. Ali Haidar, called for exerting efforts for bringing back security and stability to Syria.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My visit to Syria and the meetings I held with official and religious figures there left me with memorable impressions that the Syrian people are open to all, hospitable and kind-hearted despite the tough circumstances they are facing,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Syria is a human heritage that the world has to protect, the Mufti added, urging vigorous cooperation with Syria to confront terrorism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/\u0645\u0641\u062a\u064a\u0646-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-52696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/\u0645\u0641\u062a\u064a\u0646-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\u0645\u0641\u062a\u064a\u0646 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He thanked the delegation for enlightening him about the reality on the ground in Syria which is usually obscured by misleading media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Haidar, for his part, said all parties should take part in the war against terrorism, indicating that reconciliation is a project proposed by the Syrian state and leadership which was put forward for all to embrace.<\/p>\n<p>National reconciliations have been accomplished in as many as 50 areas that affected the lives of an estimated one million Syrians, Haidar said, unveiling a new reconciliation plan which is predicted to affect another one and a half million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is happening in Syria is not political wrangling among Syrians that can be solved by elections\u2026there is a crisis in Syria and we demand that the state&#8217;s structure be protected from destruction,&#8221; he said, warning of consequences similar to what happened in Iraq and Libya.<\/p>\n<p>Haidar said it is not democracy or elections that Western countries are interested in but they are keen to promote their own interests.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary-General of the People&#8217;s Party Abdul-Aziz Trad al-Milhem, for his part, said Syria is facing an international conspiracy involving some of those who claim to be Muslim scholars and Arab and Muslim leaders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u062d\u0645.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-52697\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u062d\u0645-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u062d\u0645\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow, SANA-Head of Russia&#8217;s Muftis Council Sheikh Rawi&#8217;ein El-Deen deplored the current state of affairs in Syria, citing the appalling scale of destruction, killing and displacement happening in it. 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