Two-day International Conference on Islamic Awakening and the Youth which opened at Tehran’s
Milad Tower Sunday ended Monday evening.
The Conference Secretary General Ali-Akbar Velayati declared exchange of views between the young Muslim revolutionaries from various countries as the goal of the international conference.
The official emphasized the important role of holding such conferences to increase logic and moderation among youngMuslim revolutionary forces.
Fatemeh Blouri, revered wife of Iran’s latest martyred nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, in his lecture for the conference expressed her support for the ongoing Islamic Awakening in the region and called for a establishment of a more united front of Muslim nations against the Zionist regime and its allies.
The International Conference on the Islamic Awakening and Youth started work here in Tehran on Sunday morning with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in attendance.
A number of Islamic world scholars and thinkers were also present at the meeting. The young people taking part in the conference have been active in recent developments in the Middle East and North Africa.
The Conference Secretary General Ali Akbar Velayati, Islamic Jihad Secretary General Ramadan Abdullah, Iraqi former Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari and Leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar al-Hakim attended the meeting.
The role of the youth in the wave of the Islamic Awakening which has swept through the Middle East and North Africa since early 2011 was discussed at the conference.
Reviving Islamic goals and values on the basis of Islam, restoring the national and Islamic dignity of Muslim countries, creating a new Islamic civilization on the basis of religion and rationality, the exchange of experience between freedom-seeking movements, presenting Islamic democracy as a substitute for the Western type, and strengthening self-confidence among Muslims were the main objectives discussed at the conference.
On September 17, 2011, more than 700 Muslim scholars and prominent figures from 80 countries participated in the first International Conference on Islamic Awakening in Tehran. Last year conference discussed and analyzed the history and basic tenets of the Islamic Awakening as well as figures that have played a role in such movements.
Since the start of 2011, the region has witnessed a growing wave of popular protests resulted from the people's growing awareness and vigilance.
Tunisia saw the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in a popular revolution in January, which was soon followed by a revolution which toppled Hosni Mubarak in Egypt in February.
Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Libya have since been the scene of protests against their totalitarian rulers, who have resorted to brutal crackdown on demonstrations to silence their critics.
While Libya celebrated the victory of its revolution after the death of the country's dictator, Muammar Qaddafi, in October, uprisings continue in several other Muslim states.
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