TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leaders' senior advisor Ali Akbar Velayati warned of the enemies' plots to sow discord among the regional states, and said the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been created by the US and Israel to the same end."Today, we are witnessing the growth of extremism in certain parts of the Islamic world; the actions made by the extremists and the killing of the innocent Shiite and Sunni people by them raises hatred and disgust of real Muslims and the Islamic Ummah hates such brutalities," Velayati said, addressing the international conference of Muslim scholars in support of Palestine in Tehran on Tuesday.
He underlined that a precise look at the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip reveals that Americans and the Zionists are the main source of this extremism, and added, "Those who claim to be exercising Islam (the ISIL) did not fire even one bullet at Israel and when they were asked why, they answered that this is not their mission."
"It should be said that actually their mission is creating rift among the Islamic Ummah and the Muslims," Velayati said.
"Those who disrespect the nations and kill the innocent people brutally are not Muslims and they are the hirelings of the aliens and pave the way for the implementation of the US and Israeli plots in the Muslim states and do these actions to weaken the Muslims' morale," he underscored.
In relevant remarks on Monday, the head of Egypt's Al-Azhar said Monday that militants of the ISIL were "criminals" serving a "Zionist" plot to "destroy the Arab world."
"These criminals have been able to transmit to the world a tarnished and alarming image of Muslims," Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb said.
"These fundamentalist terrorist groups, whatever their names, and their backers are colonial creations that serve Zionism in its plot to destroy the Arab world. "
Al-Azhar is Egypt's top religious authority and runs a university long seen as one the most prestigious centers of Muslim learning.
Egypts top religious authority has also previously condemned ISIL, describing it as a corrupt, extremist organization that is damaging Islam.
"An extremist and bloody group such as this poses a danger to Islam and Muslims, tarnishing its image as well as shedding blood and spreading corruption," said Al-Azhars Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam.
Egyptian media reports said Allam also expressed his objection to "widespread error" in referring to the group as "the Islamic State," its new name, because it violates both long-established principles of Shariah and the contemporary foundations of humanitarian law.
Allam said ISIL actions strengthened the hand of those who wanted to harm Islam.
"(They) give an opportunity for those who seek to harm us, to destroy us and interfere in our affairs with the (pretext of a) call to fight terrorism," Allam said.
By Fars News Agency
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