Islam has entrenched new values in the hearts of the faithful. These values are based on tolerance, mercy, cooperation and justice among mankind, as well as the respect for the value of work. It fights discrimination, injustice and bigotry. It refrains from extremism and eccentricity, harming others, malice and hatred. Thus the Islamic society was set up on a firm basis because values are the guarantee for a solid structure and upright behaviour.
Values are the criteria for a sound social fabric.
They are the element of balance between self and common interests. They form man's role on earth in making peace, spreading welfare and predicting glory and progress. Hence, the world gained from the great Islamic civilization which preserved the consequent civilizations and interacted with other cultures without fear or hesitation, taking from and adding to them, thus enriching human experience and supporting its march over the years. This is the aggregate of what we can benefit from the past as we celebrate this occasion. As for looking into the present, we find that our nation is internally suffering from certain negative phenomena that dilapidate its strength, obstruct its march, threaten its being, at a time other nations are engaged in the battle of comprehensive development as well as a scientific and technological revival.