The representative of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Syria, explaining the causes of Islamophobia and Iranophobia in Western society, emphasized: "The West seeks to remove the effects of religion from life and society."

Iran PressMiddle East: Hamid Safar Harandi said: "Until now, Westerners used to separate religion from politics (separation of church and state), but now, Westerners are looking to remove religion from their countries."

Referring to the serious clash between Western civilization and Islamic civilization in recent years, Safar Harandi added: "Western civilization is now seeking to eliminate God because its foundation is based on materialism and not on religions such as Christianity, Judaism, and other divine religions."

Safar Harandi stated: "Westerners were looking for secularism before, but now they are looking to destroy all religious monuments in their countries. In the West, now, under the pretext of freedom of speech, the Bible is insulted.

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