Hawzah News Agency- Habib Reza Arzani made the remark in a meeting with Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng, a Malaysian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kuching (Sarawak) since 2017.

He said unity among followers of different religions would bring many blessing.

He referred to a recent meeting of Head of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization Hujjat al-Islam Mohammad Mehdi Imanipour and Pope Francis in the Vatican and said the two sides stressed the importance of religious education for the new generation and the enhancement of common divine values.

He also invited the Malaysian bishop to attend an upcoming interfaith dialogue in Iran.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Arzani highlighted the peaceful coexistence of followers of different faiths in Iran and noted that followers of divine faiths like Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians have representatives in the country’s parliament.

He also referred to the Israeli regime’s brutal attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon and stressed the need for peace the world, which can be achieved through the unity of divine religions.

The Malaysian Christian cleric, for his part, said that in Sarawak, too, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and others live together peacefully.

He said that last year during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Christians in Sarawak fasted one day and broke their fast at the church along with their Muslim brothers.