IRNA � The most urgent needs of the Muslim world are 'unity' and 'serious move toward progress in different sciences', said Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in a meeting with the participants of the International Congress on the Role of the Shia School in the Emergence and Development of Islamic Sciences on Saturday.

'Awakening has come into being in the Muslim world; and despite all the efforts of the West to deny that, the awakening is paving the way for more conversion to Islam and a tiding for promising a better future,' said Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.