The President of Religious Affairs Prof. Dr. Ali Erbaş accepted the Islamic Republic of Iran the President of Islamic Culture and Communication Institution Ebuzer İbrahimi Türkman and the accompanying delegation. 

During his speech on the reception, the President of Religious Affairs Erbaş stated that this meeting meant very significant messages for both the two county and the Islamic world.

Drawing the attention to the fact that the fires of sedition and division have sieged the Islamic Ummah from all four sides, the President Erbaş said as “Excellence and honor of Muslims are being demolished by the respective hands of Muslims as it has never been at such level throughout the history. Millions of innocent people have to leave their homes, motherlands, professions and the worst, they lose their lives. It carries a vital importance for us to reestablish the unity of the Ummah and brotherhood relation of ours especially at this age when the fires of sedition have been risen.” 

“We should make efforts altogether as Muslims to redeem the Islamic geography as a land of peace and tranquility”

Stating that the Presidency of Religious Affairs have been presenting all respective facilities to be a fresh water on the fires of sedition sieging the Islamic world, the President Erbaş talked as, "It is a duty of ours as world Muslims to make efforts to redeem the Islamic geography as a land of peace and tranquility, update the moral ethics of living together and establish a relationship based on peace and tranquility.”  

The President Erbaş recorded the fact that the Muslims living in the countries of the West are scared, alienated and under the threat of violence.

“We should not consider the Palestine case as just an issue of land”

Drawing the attention to the fact that the media of the West has been performing a continuous black propaganda intentionally against the religion of Islam and the believers of it, Muslims, especially since the attacks of 11th September, the President Erbaş continued his words as follows:

"While fires are rising in the Islamic World, our struggle, concern and duas must be joint. We must challenge against harmful religious trends which are considering all religious and historical experiences of the Islamic Ummah gained over the time and ignoring the all historic accumulation, consisting interpretations and instructions against the unity of the Ummah, and anticipating violence and cruelty.  As it is known by all, al-Masjid al-Aqsa and Jerusalem have a distinguished place and importance in the hearts of all Muslims. This Palestine issue we have been witnessing is the problem of all Muslims, not just the people of that region. Therefore, we should not consider the Palestine case that is concerning for every aspect as just an issue of land. Palestine is the joint case and concern of us all.”

“Today, Muslims are wasting their all energy on civil wars and infertile discussions”

Underlining that one of the reasons why Israel has given pace to the attempts of invasion of Jerusalem is this division among the Islamic world, the President Erbaş talked as, “Today, Muslims are wasting their all energy on civil wars and infertile discussions. It has sadly been witnessed that the unity even on seeking a solution to the common problems of Islamic world, especially Palestine, and the subject to prevent the conflicts within the Islamic world from Libya to Yemen, from Syria to Iraq cannot be established.”

The President Erbaş thanked to Türkman and the accompanying delegation for their visit and said as “We will discuss the issues of the Islamic world and negotiate several subjects to develop the cooperation between us for these two days long.”

The Islamic Republic of Iran the President of Islamic Culture and Communication Institution Ebuzer İbrahimi Türkman

On the other hand, the Islamic Republic of Iran the President of Islamic Culture and Communication Institution Ebuzer İbrahimi Türkman stated that the problems within the Islamic geography have been caused by the imperialist West world.  

Informing that Muslims should challenge against the world imperialism and groups that are spreading radicalism by misusing the name of Islam, Türkman continued his words as follows:

"It is a sacred duty for Turkey and Iran to share the same opinions on the issue of Palestine. We have great partnership, relation, and business cooperation with Turkey. What I believe is that as the non-Muslim world of West has been unified against us, we must also unify against them all and safeguard this unity. The reason why we are here today meeting with our Turkish brothers is to declare that we are open and ready to every kind of cooperation in the Islamic world with you.”

Following their respective speeches, the President of Religious Affairs Erbaş and Türkman signed the protocol of cooperation between the Presidency of Religious Affairs and the Islamic Republic of Iran Islamic Culture and Communication Institution.  

The President Erbaş and Türkman, then, performed the opening ceremony of the exhibition of The Holy Book Qur’an where art pieces by Turkish and Iranian calligraphy (hat) artists are being exhibited organized in the exhibition hall of Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque.

The exhibition will be open to visit for one week.