TEHRAN Cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani on Friday deplored attribution terrorist acts to Muslim and said that the atmosphere created against Muslims in the U.S. following the attacks and argued why they attribute such actions to Muslims?

Addressing the worshipers attending the weekly Friday congregational prayers, he said: "Does Islam allow such actions? Can an Islamic state jeopardize lives of innocent people?"

"The Zionist regime is attempting to fish in troubled waters. pressuring the Muslims will bear no fruit," Kashani said, adding, the incident is worrisome and is condemned, but it should serve to be a lesson for all the powers, especially the U.S., to adopt a new approach."

Ayatollah Kashani condemned what he called terrorist attacks in the United States and called for an international move against terrorism.

Kashani singled out the kamikaze attacks on U.S. landmarks as tragic and said: "How can one remain indifferent toward such an incident which has set aflame a slew of innocent men, women and children."

He said that the Islamic Republic condemns such an astonishing" incident orchestrated by a unknown number of terrorists.

Thousands are still missing as rescue crews swarmed over the wreckage of the collapsed world trade center's two 110-story towers, where 40,000 people once worked. In the worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor, three hijacked planes slammed into the Pentagon and New York's landmark world trade center on Tuesday, demolishing the two 110-story towers that symbolize U.S. financial might.

Kashani inveighed against the racist Israel and branded it as a blatant manifestation of state terrorism. He said Israel has infiltrated into the American administration to influence its policies.