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Statement of the International Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim) on the Occasion of "World Brotherhood Day"
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The International Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim), affiliated with the Global Foundation of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq Husseini Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, issued a statement on the occasion of "World Brotherhood Day."

The statement is as follows:

In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate.
“People are of two groups: either they are your religious brothers, or they are like you in creation.”

The International Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim), affiliated with the Global Foundation of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq Husseini Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, joins the international community in commemorating "World Brotherhood Day," an occasion that reminds us of global unity and the necessity to overcome artificial barriers. On this day, this organization recalls the eternal Quranic principle in the words of Allah, the Exalted: "O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another."

This "knowing one another" is not merely a passing encounter but a call to build bridges of love and mutual recognition of rights and duties—what Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (P.B.U.H.), the Commander of the Faithful, embodied in his covenant with Malik Ashtar, when he laid down the golden law of coexistence with the words: "People in your society are of two groups: either they are your religious brothers, or they are like you in creation."

The Current Situation in the Arab World:
This organization takes this opportunity to express its deep sorrow over the current situation in Arab countries, where the practical implementation of these noble principles has deviated:

Conflicts and Wars: What is happening in Syria, Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, and other parts of the region is a dagger in the heart of human brotherhood, where the dignity of "being like you in creation" is shattered by the machinery of destruction.