Qom Friday Prayer Leader:‎

Imam Khomeyni combined politics and spirituality

Rasa – Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri said, “Imam [Khomeyni], as a source of emulation at the ‎peak of mysticism, spirituality and the recognition of God, formulated the political thought of ‎Islamic rule and spirituality was placed alongside politics.”‎

News ID: 443247

Date: 02 February 2019 - 08:40

RNA – In his Friday prayer sermon to a large and fervent crowd of believers in Qom’s Quds ‎‎Prayer Hall, Ayatollah Seyyed Hashem Hoseyni-Bushehri commemorated the beginning of ‎Ten Days of Dawn of the Islamic Revolution and said, “The 12th of Bahman [February 1st] is ‎the anniversary of the dignified day of the return of Imam Khomeyni to Iran such that the ‎Great Leader of the Revolution and nation of Iran won victory over the tyrants.”‎

The member of the board of directors of the Assembly of Experts ‎stressed, “Cultural officials ‎must explain the dark era of the Pahlavi regime to the people, especially the youth. The ‎achievements of the Islamic Revolution over the last forty years also must be explained to ‎the people. We must know that we are still at the beginning of this path and we haven’t ‎reached the coast and the obstacles on the path must be pointed out for society.”‎

He stated that the enemies are constantly fighting and attacking the Revolution and said, ‎‎“The enemies have pursued and continue to pursue its objectives through the various ‎means, including through coup d’états, assassination attempts, war, economic blockades, ‎economic war and psychological warfare and the battle between right and wrong is always ‎continuing.”‎

Referring to the gifts of the late Imam’s movement and the political school of the founder of ‎the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri said, “Combining spirituality with politics ‎was an important achievement of the Imam’s movement, politics was hated even in the ‎seminaries and among the religious people but Imam, as a source of emulation at the peak ‎of mysticism, spirituality and the recognition of God, formulated the political thought of ‎Islamic rule and spirituality was placed alongside politics.”‎

The secretary of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Seminary considered the independence ‎of the country as one of the important symbols of the Islamic Revolution and added, “Iran ‎was in the hands of foreigners and they ruled the country. Religious democracy was another ‎achievement of the Revolution. In the past, the people weren’t the decision-makers of the ‎people but rather the government chose representatives and officials but with the ‎Revolution, the people were the determiners.”‎

He added, “The work of the enemies is bullying and today we see what they want to do in ‎Venezuela. The person who is an American spy [Juan Guaidó] has been introduced as the ‎new president of the country and they want to overthrow the person for whom the people ‎voted for and who is the president according to the law [Nicolás Maduro], so that they can ‎put the person whom they want in power. The Revolution is opposed to the spirit of ‎arrogance, oppression and criminality.”‎

Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri pointed out, “The enemies had seen turbulent dreams about the ‎Revolution and they wanted to prevent the Revolution from reaching its fortieth anniversary ‎but the enemies’ failed to achieve what they had dreamed about and we are on the verge of ‎this great celebration, which must be celebrated with more glory than in previous years ‎because the Revolution is a thorn in the eyes of the enemies and assurance for the hearts of ‎the friends of the Revolution.”

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