Muslim Unity Needed to Counter Enemy’s Media Onslaught
Maulawi Abdul Rauf Tavan, founded of Bidari Fajr (Awakening Dawn) Radio, made the remark at the first international conference of media and the unity of the Muslim Ummah, held here in the Iranian capital on Monday.
He said the Holy Quran is a divine media that has conveyed God’s message to humanity.
“We should see what the Quran’s message for today’s Ummah is ad what direction our media have adopted,” he stated.
“We are facing the West’s media terrorism and the West supports its forces in this soft war,” Abdul Rauf Tavan added.
He also said that the media war today is the battlefield for Jihad Akbar and Muslim cannot win the battle without faith in God.
Unity and solidarity is also significant in confronting the enemy’s dangerous media battle, he went on to say.
Nureddin Shirin, founder of Quds TV in Turkey, was another speaker at the conference. He said there is a multi-dimensional war underway today between the fronts of the truth and falsehood.
“We are the soldiers of the media war and will win this war with the grace of God,” he stressed.
He also said the media of resistance that promotes the cause of al-Quds is on the front of Islamic unity, adding that creating and promoting unity in the Muslim world is fundamental in resistance media.
Other speakers also highlighted the importance of working on Islamic unity, enhancing the quality of media programs and their attractiveness, and adopting global approaches in order to counter global schemes.
The conference was organized by the Muslim World Media Activists Center with support from the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought.
Top media activists and religious scholars from more than 20 countries attended the event either in person or virtually, discussing issues related to Islamic Ummah’s unity, media literacy, and capacities of international media.
It was one in a series of international gatherings called Minaret International Conference.
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