During the event, Islamic scholars and religious figures from 36 countries, including Australia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Bosnia, the United States, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Yemen, and India, came together to discuss pressing issues.
Speakers included Molavi Habibullah Hossam, chairman of the Afghan Council of Brotherhood; Mufti Ezzatullah Chowdhury, head of the Islamic Party and Islamic Coalition of Bangladesh; Mustafa Kaya, a representative from the Istanbul Parliament; Kifah Bathe, deputy head of the Russian Muslim Administration; Sayed Ali Fadlallah, a member of the Supreme Council of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools from Lebanon; Mustafa Al-Ladawi, representative of the President of the Resistance Scholars Union from Palestine; and Dr. Abdul Hadi Awang, chairman of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and member of the Supreme Council of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools OF Thought from Malaysia.
The need for Islamic unity and brotherhood, the Palestinian issue, and recent terrorist attacks in Lebanon were among the most emphasized and repeated topics discussed by the speakers.
Al-Ladawi: Help Palestinians stay in their homeland
Mustafa Al-Ladawi, a member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, said: "We don't expect you to take up arms and go to war today. We ask that you invite nations to stand with the Palestinian people and support their right to remain in their homeland."
Speaking at the 38th edition of the conference, Al-Ladawi added: "Palestine doesn't need military force or arms. The Palestinian resistance is not suffering from a lack of military force or arms."
He continued: "We are alone in our political negotiations and talks. We need you to stand with us and amplify our voice to the world."
Al-Ladawi noted that the Gaza Strip is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. "The people of Gaza are resisting by staying," he said.
Al-Ladawi emphasized that the Palestinian people will not repeat the experience of 1948 and will not leave their land. "It is your responsibility to help the Palestinian people stay in their homeland," he said. "You can help the Palestinian people stay in their homeland by mobilizing the 2 billion Muslims worldwide."
He pointed out that financial support can help the Palestinian people stay in their homeland.
Hossam: Takfiri groups cause division in Islamic countries
Molavi Habibullah Hossam, a prominent Afghan scholar, said: "Nothing is more crucial for Islam's current issues than Islamic unity and brotherhood, especially when our countries are being ravaged."
Hossam added: "The Operation True Promise was a powerful punch by the Islamic nation to the Zionist Israeli regime. We are waiting for the second True Promise."
He continued: "One of the main factors causing division and disrupting Islamic unity is the Takfiri groups."
Hossam stated: "Despite the resistance of Islamic Iran, Yemen, Lebanon's Hezbollah, and the Iraqi Islamic resistance alongside Palestine, these Takfiri groups are creating discord and hindering unity with their divisive actions."
Enemies of Islam seek to divide Muslims
Abdul Rauf Tawana, head of the Afghanistan Library, said at the conference: "Any country that does not stand with the Palestinian people will be condemned by history."
Tawana added, "The main goal of Islam's enemies is to create division among Muslims."
Fadlallah: Enemy sought to target unity in recent blasts
A member of the Supreme Council of the The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought said that it is the duty and responsibility of scholars attending a conference to work towards unity and rapprochement among religions and nations.
Sayed Ali Fadlallah, a Lebanese member of the council, made the remarks during the 38th Islamic Unity Conference, which coincided with the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad and Unity Week.
"Some people oppose unity due to their narrow-mindedness," Fadlallah said. "The goal of this conference is cooperation and collaboration among Islamic societies."
He added that the challenges facing the Muslim world, including moral decay and family disintegration, cannot be overcome without cooperation and solidarity.
Fadlallah also referred to recent Israeli attacks on civilian communication infrastructure in urban areas, saying the enemy sought to undermine the unity of the people in the region.
"Our nation has overcome ethnic, economic, and sectarian differences and has given the world a valuable lesson in unity on the issue of Palestine," he said.