Islamic Awakening result of exploitation of Muslim nations

Secretary General of World Assembly of Islamic Awakening Ali Akbar Velayati said the Islamic awakening

was the outcome of ages of exploitation of Muslim nations and their political dependence.
He made the remark here Sunday morning in the opening ceremony of the first International Conference of the Islamic Awakening and Youths.
Over 1200 young people from all over the world especially from the Islamic countries are participating in the two-day meeting which focuses on developments in the Middle East and North Africa.
Velayati noted that the Islamic Awakening is not something happening in a geographical span but rather is a reaction to the looting of the resources of the Muslim nations for centuries.
Stressing that the Islamic Awakening should not be regarded as a newly-emerging phenomenon, Velayati, who is also the Supreme Leader's advisor for international affairs, believed that the recent uprisings in the Islamic world is only a phase in which Muslim people, having developed a collective self-awareness, express their views at international scenes.
He further noted that challenging the bullying powers aimed at reducing their influence and power in Islamic societies, restoring rights of the Palestinian nation and reviving and reinforcing Islamic identity are among the major demands of the Islamic movements in the regional countries.
Velayati stressed that the most basic aspect of recent developments in the Islamic world is their anti-oppression essence.

President opens 1st Int’l gathering on youth and Islamic Awakening
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated the first International Conference of the Islamic Awakening and Youths here Sunday morning.
Over 1,200 young people from Iran as well as 73 other world countries are participating in the two-day gathering.
A number of Islamic world scholars and thinkers are also present in the meeting.
The young people taking part in the conference have been active in recent developments in the Middle East and North Africa.
Supreme Leader's advisor Ali Akbar Velayati, who is also the Secretary-General of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening, former Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim Jaafari and Secretary-General of Palestine Jihad Movement Abdullah Ramadhan will deliver speeches at the meeting.
The first ever conference on the Islamic Awakening was held in September 2011 in Tehran with participation of 700 scholars and thinkers from the Islamic world. The supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attended the meeting as well.