Leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei says Islamic unity means being united in safeguarding the interests of the Islamic Ummah across the world.

“Unity means being united in protecting the interests of the Islamic Ummah (community),” he told Iranian officials and guests of the 36th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran.

It also does not mean geographical unity, he maintained, as some Arab countries tried to get united in the 1960s and 1970s. “This is impossible.”

“We should first detect the interests of the Muslim Ummah. Then, nations should come to an agreement on that and see what the Ummah needs at the time; [they should see] with whom they must be enemy, with whom be friend, and how they should engage in friendship.”

Unity means implementing “joint actions against the plots of the Arrogance”, he added.

Source: Iranian media (edited by Al-Manar English Website)