Kharrazi: Rise of Tak¿ri groups result of Saudi Arabia’s Wahhabi teachings

Head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, Kamal Kharrazi, said the rise of Tak¿ri groups, such as Daesh, Taliban and Boko Haram, is a result of Saudi Arabia’s Wahhabi teachings.

“Saudi Arabia had been trying to attract the youth from the Muslim world and even non-muslim countries to the University of Medina to teach Wahhabisala¿ teachings,” Kharrazi said while addressing the 7th World Peace Forum in China on Sunday, IRNA reported.

“These students returning to their countries after graduation, worked as Imams in the mosques set up by Saudi Arabia to promote Wahhabism,” the Iranian diplomat said.

“On the other hand, the chaotic atmosphere after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the Arab Spring and the Syrian war, led to the growth of Tak¿ri Wahhabi groups in the Middle East by the ¿nancial, logistic, intelligence and training contributions of some Persian Gulf Arab states, and the political support of some Western powers.”

The supporters now claim they are ¿ghting terrorism, Kharrazi said.

Pointing to the efforts by Iraqi, Syrian and Iranian forces, he said that Daesh had been disintegrated, but the information shows the terrorist group is being relocated to Afghanistan.

As the spread of the radical group in other countries is looming, Kharrazi concluded, informing public opinion, exchanging views, holding coordination meetings and ¿nding the roots of Sala¿-tak¿ri ideologies are the collective measures necessary to eradicate terrorism.

He stressed that in the post-daesh era, a successful ¿ght against terrorism, extremist ideologies and anti-islamic thoughts requires coordinated measures among countries.

Kharrazi said that reliable sources have con¿rmed that after the defeat of Daesh in Syria and Iraq, the terrorist group has been sent to other places, especially Afghanistan and North Africa.

He warned that Daesh activities in Afghanistan is a threat to Iran, China, Russia and Pakistan.