TEHRAN, June 22 (MNA) � Iran�s Rouhani has said �Heroic leniency� has been harder than �heroic Jihad,� what Imam Hassan did with the peace agreement with Muawiyah bin Abu Sufyan.


At the opening session of�Sibt-un-Nabi International Congress in Tehran, president Rouhani said that today �we need to learn ways to unity and peace following Imam Hassan�s path.�

�Today Imam Hassan�s peace should be upheld so that to learn from since he heard all sorrowful, hard, and painful words but withstood all,� said Rouhani.

�We need a movement which blurs the sectarian borders and restrictions in the Islamic world; Shiites and Sunni clerics need such movement against violence, atrocity, and murder to echo message of peace and unity and overcome extremism,� he told the meeting.

By Mehr News Agency

 

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