Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Activists circulated on social media, video clips from a speech delivered by Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in which he spoke regarding Islam before entering the month of Ramadan.
And the Secretary-General of the United Nations said in the video clip that the organization published on its official page on Twitter, Friday: “We are only days away from the beginning of Ramadan, more than a thousand years ago, and the message of peace, sympathy and compassion that Islam brought is an inspiration to people around the world.”
He continued, saying: “The word Islam itself is derived from the same root as the word peace, and when I held the position of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, I saw the generosity of Islamic countries that opened their doors to people who were forced to flee their homes at a time when many other countries closed their borders.”
وأضاف: “رأيت تجليا معاصرا لما جاء به القرآن الكريم في سورة التوبة: (وَإِنْ أَحَدٌ مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ اسْتَجَارَكَ فَأَجِرْهُ حَتَّىٰ يَسْمَعَ كَلَامَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَبْلِغْهُ مَأْمَنَهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْلَمُونَ) فهذه الحماية يجب أن تكفل للمؤمنين وغير المؤمنين على السواء كما ذكر في القرآن Generous..”