Tehran, YJC. The president has underlined the necessity of coalesced efforts by the international community to combat terrorist movements, stressing that terrorists have nothing to do with Islam.
"In is a pity that many terrorist groups are operating under the rubric of
Islam, but their ideology and conduct bear no affinity to Islam,” the Iranian
President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday, in a meeting with new Kenyan
ambassador to Tehran Ruqyah Ahmad Sabu.
The meeting was held for the Kenyan official to submit her credentials to
the Iranian president.
The President said the heinous crimes committed at the hands of terrorist
groups, including Boko Haram, has drawn global condemnation from people
all across the world.
Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is forbidden,” control vast swathes
of Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State and a number of areas in neighboring
Adamawa and Yobe states.
The notorious terrorists group says its goal is to overthrow the Nigerian
government. The terrorist group has claimed responsibility for a number of
deadly shooting attacks and bombings in various parts of Nigeria since the
beginning of its operations in 2009, which have claimed lives of thousands of
people.
The Iranian president further described Kenya as an important and
influential country in East Africa, calling for the further enhancement of
all-out ties between Tehran and Nairobi.
The Kenyan official, for her part, expressed her country’s willingness to
expand relations with the Islamic republic in tourism and development sectors.