Today numerous places in the Islamic world have become hotbeds of violence, oppression and hatred, everything that Islam is against. Sectarian strife is eating into Islamic societies, hence the situation in Syria and Iraq. Muslims are suffering simply because their leaders do not heed the good messages of Islam and while claiming to act in the name of Islam they are actually acting both against the commands of the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet. Oppression, tyranny, sedition, anger, hatred, vengeance, violence and killing people are all banned by Islam and yet crimes committed in the Islamic world are unfortunately carried out "in the name of Islam."The events in Iraq have created deep grief, especially in the higher echelons of Turkey's Islamic community with extremists using the good name of Islam and claiming to be Sunnis are vowing to create a bloodbath across Iraq, butchering Shiites and raising their holy shrines to the ground. The Shiites in responsible places are pouring fuel on to the fire in return by issuing fatwas (Islamic rulings) ordering Jihad (holy war).But as usual the voice of reason comes out of Turkey. Our Head of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) Prof. Dr. Mehmet Görmez after days of anguish has finally said "enough is enough" and decided to undertake a serious initiative to try to put an end to the mess. Everyone struggling in Iraq and Syria seem to have forgotten that Islam has nothing to do with violence and hatred and all they are doing is to create a perfect alibi to the enemies of Islam who want to defame Muslims and everything good about the Prophet Muhammad.The appeal by Prof. Görmez is a major attempt to put the good name of Islam in the right perspective and show to the world that the voice of reason can and will come out of the lands of Islam. Thus Diyanet and Prof. Görmez are fulfilling their responsibilities to God. No one should seek any political motive behind this initiative.Prof. Görmez is telling all leading people of the Islamic faith and scholars to get their act together and put an end to any form of sectarian divisions that are actually designed by some forces in the world to finish off Islam as they are currently ruining Christianity.Thus Prof. Görmez offers to bring together all the leading scholars of the Sunnis and Shiites to end the strife and discord. This is a historical mission that has to be successful.