RNA – Speaking at the 32nd International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran, Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, the director of the Islamic Seminaries of Iran, referred to the upcoming fortieth anniversary of Iran’s Islamic Revolution and said, “Over the past forty years, Iran has flourished in the fields of science and education.”
The head of the Islamic Seminaries of Iran added, “Looking at the scientific progress of our country over the past several decades, it has been observed that the Islamic Revolution has always protected its sovereignty and ideals, despite the heavy sabotage by the arrogant power. Iran has paid a heavy price for its support of the oppressed and the deprived.”
He said that over the past forty years the Islamic Revolution of Iran has achieved great achievements by protecting divine ideals in regard to unity, defence and supporting the oppressed and said, “The Iranian nation has always stood up against the conspiracies and the attacks of the enemies and, at the same time, the Islamic ummah hasn’t been deprived of its great achievements within its own borders.”
Ayatollah Arafi stated that since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has made achievements in many fields and said, “Only a part of these achievements belong to the sciences in the universities and seminaries. In Iran, two educational systems deal with basic sciences and one higher educational system deals with the humanities.”
The Friday prayer leader of Qom stated that there are twenty indicators the policy, statistics and figures of the educational centres and said, “A guide to the scientific movement and the country’s enjoyment of the testament of progress, the creation of a comprehensive structure for the different levels of the seminaries and universities, the assignment of 1.5 percent of the country’s GDP to research and surveying centres and universities and having 100,000 professors and academic lecturers are only part of these indicators.”
He stated that there are 500 university towns in the Islamic Republic of Iran, said, “These academic and scientific centres are open to all. In our country, education is not just government-funded but rather there are semi-private and private schools. The Islamic Seminaries are independent of the government and are supervised by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Khamenei] and the sources of emulation.”
Ayatollah Arafi explained that a great need for the current era is to approach the humanities with an Islamic approach and noted, “In this regard, the Islamic Seminaries seek to produce knowledge by opening their doors to all religions. Iran has developed knowledge with a transcendental and transnational view that can be a model for all countries.”
In conclusion, he pointed out, “Today, the Islamic world needs to work together to produce knowledge, Iran is the only country that has been producing science through transcendental and transnational views and has invited other countries to adopt this approach.”
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