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Iran-Terrorism /POL/                                                  


   Karroubi calls for int'l unanimity in fight against terrorism     


Rabat, Morocco, Sept 28, IRNA -- Iran's Parliament Speaker Mehdi      


Karroubi here Thursday called for the international unanimity in the  


campaign for the establishment of security and maintaining peace in   


the world.                                                            


    Speaking at the inauguration of a meeting of the parliamentary    


speakers of 15 Islamic countries--members of the Organization of the  


Islamic Conference--the Iranian official expressed sympathy with the  


bereaved families of the victims in a recent horror attack in the     


United States.                                                        


    Karroubi also announced the Islamic Republic's readiness for      


"stemming roots of the ominous phenomenon of terrorism."              


    He cited the ongoing "atrocities of the Zionist regime against    


the Palestinian people and its continuation of a state terrorism as   


well as violation of human rights as among the joint worries of the   


Islamic countries."                                                   


    "The attacks of the Israeli soldiers on Palestinians should be    


seen as aggression against the dignity and standing of all world      


Muslims," Karroubi added.                                             


    He said the popular Intifadha (uprising) for the release of the   


Beit-ul-Moqaddas was "a natural, legal and firm reaction against      


the criminal actions of the occupying Israelis", adding "the world's  


freedom-seekers today have hinged their hopes on this decisive        


struggle since they know that no alternative has been left for the    


Palestinian people except for the resistance and fight with the       


occupiers."                                                           


    Karroubi highlighted the role of the newly-established            


parliamentary union of the OIC in having the potential to help to the 


"prosperity and welfare of all world Muslims as well as followers of  


other divine religions."                                              


    "This importance will materialize once the parliamentary union of 


   the OIC member countries... stands by any possible means by all    


the oppressed, especially Muslims who are undergoing discrimination in


every spot of the world, and fights with the current challenges of    


the Islamic world," he added.                                         


    Karroubi referred to the ongoing ordeals of Muslims in            


Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Kashmir and Kosovo saying the        


parliamentary union of the OIC should put out its unsparing support   


for the protection of Muslims' rights throughout the world.           


    MEETS WITH SAUDI MAJLIS SPEAKER                                   


    Earlier in the day, the Iranian parliamentary speaker met with    


is Saudi counterpart Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Jubair and        


stressed the need for the two countries to expand their parliamentary 


as well as people-to-people ties through the establishment of         


friendship groups.                                                    


    He hoped relations between world Muslims would strengthen         


further under more congruity among the Islamic countries.             


    The Moroccan King Muhammed VI chairs the 15-nation al-Qods        


(Jerusalem)committee, a body of the OIC, which strongly supports the  


Palestinian authority claim over the eastern part of Beit-ul-Moqaddas.


    In the opening speech at the conference, he urged Muslim MPs to   


"challenge the detractors of Islam", who he said, "equate our religion


with extremism and violence."                                         


    Delegates will debate the status of Beit-ul-Moqaddas and the      


occupied territories, including the Golan Heights in Syria, during the


two-day Parliamentary Union of OIC.                                   


    They will also debate the "role of Islamic parliaments in the     


dialogue between civilizations and the impact of globalization on     


the economies of Islamic countries."                                  


    The Teheran-based PUOIC is made up of the legislative assemblies  


of 50 Islamic countries.                                              


    Founded in 1999, its executive committee consists of Bangladesh,  


Chad, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mali, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and         


Turkey.                                                               


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