Ayatollah Moqtadaei:‎

The goal of the enemies is to create division between the clergy and the people

Rasa – Referring to the plots of the enemies against the Islamic Seminaries and the Islamic ‎Revolution, a member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom, said, “The enemies goal ‎is to weaken the clergy and to create divisions and differences between the people and the ‎clergy.”‎

News ID: 442796

Date: 03 January 2019 - 14:59

RNA – Speaking at a meeting of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom, Ayatollah ‎Mortaza Moqtadaei stated that the authority and resistance of the Islamic system has been ‎achieved with the leadership of the late Imam Khomeyni and the Supreme Leader of the ‎Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Khamenei] and said, “Wherever we resist, we have been ‎victorious, and wherever we have been passive, we have been left behind.” ‎
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The member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom continued, “Humanity feels that ‎the maximum preparedness to defend the Islamic system at various levels of the young, ‎brave and selfless people has been achieved, as was the case in the eight-year-long ‎Imposed War [Iran-Iraq War] against Iran.”‎

Emphasizing on the preparedness of the Iranian people against the conspiracies of the ‎enemies of the Islamic Revolution, he stated, “If the enemies make the slightest mistake, ‎the Iranian people will stand against them with the same quality as at the beginning of the ‎Revolution and the Sacred Defence era [Iran-Iraq War] and will impose a scandalous defeat ‎against them.” ‎
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Referring to the duties of the clergy in regard to the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Moqtadaei ‎stated, “The clergy must not give pretexts for abuse to the enemies of Islam because one ‎of the current goals of the enemies is to weaken the clergy and to create divisions and ‎differences between the people and the clergy.”‎
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The teacher in the Islamic Seminary of Qom further criticized the statements made against ‎the Islamic Seminary from within the seminaries and universities and said, “Sometimes some ‎people within the Islamic Seminary or universities express content against the Islamic ‎Seminary and question the achievements of the Islamic Seminary in an unfair manner and ‎ignore its services.”‎
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He stated that the statements expressed in the sensitive platforms of the Islamic system ‎must be based on thought and reason and expressed in a documented manner, “The ‎enemies are seeking to take the weaknesses of the Islamic system. Therefore, the enemies ‎must not be given an excuse.”‎

Ayatollah Moqtadaei stressed on the simplicity of the clergy and the authorities of the Islamic ‎Revolution and said, “Every cleric who has an influence in a region and has people watching ‎his actions and behaviour, must lead a simple life.”‎

He added that clergy must be sensitive to simple living and to the authority and influence of ‎their words because in the event of the destruction of the power of the clergy, the fall of the ‎Islamic Seminaries will be certain.‎
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