RNA – Speaking during a meeting the cultural officials from the Arba’in headquarters, Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Nouri-Hamadani referred to the waking of Lady Zaynab and Imam al-Sajjad after the tragedy of Ashura and emphasized on the need to introduce the goals of Ahlul-Bayt to the world and said, “Arba’in is a great manoeuvre of the power of Islam and those who aren’t Muslims also participate in this pilgrimage and we must make use of this pure opportunity.”
The revered source of emulation considered the great program of Arba’in to be a great manoeuvre against oppression, arrogance and Zionism and added, “The passionate movement of the lovers of Imam al-Husayn and the thirty million-strong gathering of pilgrims in Karbala is a manoeuvre of justice against the Zionist, Western and Arab arena of falsehood.”
Arguing that the Arba’in program must be organized more systematically and with greater unity and find greater magnificence and referred to the boycott by Western media organizations and stated, “Western media does not reflect on Arba’in and its greatness.
Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani said, “We must reflect the greatness of Arba’in and this rightful manoeuvre in the media so that the world knows about the greatness and purpose of the ‘Master of the Masters’ and witness this great Shi’ah manoeuvre. ‘Hayat Minna al-Dhillah’ [‘we will never be humiliated’] was the purpose and the slogan of the Master of the Masters which must emanate in the Islamic ummah.”
The revered teacher in the Islamic Seminary of Qom stated that the manifestations of Arba’in, such as flags, must be based on the slogans of Ashura and Karbala and the aim of Ashura must be highlighted and said, “The durability and continuity of the Islamic Revolution depends on the commemoration of Ashura.”
He said, “The caravans from Qom must also be different from other regions because they are from the centre of the world of Shi’ism and the Islamic Seminary, which is the source of this great revolution against tyranny and arrogance.”
Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani said, “The enemies are worried and disturbed about the manoeuvre of power and majesty of Arba’in and the unity of Iran and Iraq must be protected in order to witness the implementation of the program of Arba’in in its best form.”
He added, “As much as it can, the Iranian government must assist pilgrims to travel [to Iraq] more easily. The government allocates foreign currencies for foreign travels, while it must devote to the Arba’in pilgrimage so that we witness more passion in this commemoration.”
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