Takfiri Groups, a Creation of West to Divide Muslims: Rouhani

 Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the West has created Takfiri outfits that have nothing to do with the holy faith of Islam in a bid to sow discord among Muslims.

Rouhnai made the remarks in a meeting with a group of elites, religious clerics and leaders of the Muslim community in the Indian city of Hyderabad on Thursday.

“The Western world has made Muslim countries preoccupied with themselves through creating discord among them,” he said, according to Press TV.

“The existing differences are while Shias and Sunnis lived brotherly together for centuries, where in Iraq and Syria all religions had peaceful coexistence,” Rouhani added.

 The president called India a “living museum of peaceful coexistence of different religions, faiths and beliefs.”

The West, he said, has created split among Muslims and established groups in the name of Islam and Jihad that have nothing to do with Islam and are known as Takfiri outfits.

Rouhani said the Islamic Republic, from its very inception, has been calling for unity and independence and a “Look East” policy and standing with the regional nations to eradicate war and violence.

The president also said problems in Muslim countries cannot be solved through military means, adding there is need for logic, reasoning and dialogue to sort them out.

“We do not want to have any gap with any Muslim country or regional states and friendly nations,” Rouhani pointed out.