Ayatollah Arafi

Martyred clergymen have proven that the Islamic Seminaries are revolutionary and will ‎remain revolutionary

Rasa – The head of the Islamic Seminaries of Iran said that preparedness for sacrifice and ‎martyrdom on the path of God is a characteristic of the clergy and the martyred clergymen ‎ ‎have proved to the arrogant powers that the Islamic Seminaries ‎are revolutionary and will ‎remain revolutionary.‎

News ID: 443981

Date: 20 March 2019 - 16:13

RNA – Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, the head of the Islamic Seminaries of Iran, attended the ‎special program of the 16th annual Rahiyan-e Nour [Passengers of Light] caravan in ‎Khorramshahr and stated that the clergy weren’t separated from the line of jihad and ‎martyrdom during the Sacred Defence Era [Iran-Iraq War] and said, “The pursuit of martyrdom ‎in the Islamic Seminaries ‎is in fact a battle cry against the arrogant powers and throughout ‎history, our great scholars have proven that the book of jihad and the chapter of martyrdom ‎has a lengthy tradition and has been welcomed in the seminaries.”‎

The Friday prayer leader of Qom argued that the movement of Islam and the authentic ‎clergy will never be separated from the Islamic Revolution and the uprising of the path of ‎God and said, “Presently, the names of more than 4,500 martyred clergymen have been ‎registered at the martyrs office at the Islamic Seminaries. The veterans and freed clergymen ‎from with the seminaries rose up carried the flag of jihad and resistance on their shoulders ‎and proved to the arrogant powers of the world that the seminaries are revolutionary and ‎will remain revolutionary.”‎

Pointing out that presence in the arenas of the battles of the Sacred Defence alongside the ‎martyrs is another covenant to continue their path, Ayatollah Arafi stated, “Preparation for ‎sacrifice and martyrdom on the path of God is the characteristic of the clergy. Being a cleric ‎is incomplete without such an characteristic.” ‎

Stating out that the Rahiyan-e Nour caravan is meant to strengthen and develop the morale ‎of jihad and martyrdom among the youth, said, “The result of the development of the spirit ‎of jihad and martyrdom is preparedness for sacrifice on the path of Islam and our great ‎martyrs give us the taught us the lesson of resistance and endurance.”‎

Ayatollah Arafi ‎stressed that the Islamic Revolution led to the emergence of a Islamic ‎Resistance Front in the region and is present on such fronts of the Shi’ah and Sunni youth. ‎

Rahiyan-e Nour ‎is a group of religious and political caravans which travel between visiting ‎areas in southern and southwestern in Iran to commemorate Iranian efforts and lives lost in ‎the Iran-Iraq War. The caravans of Rahiyan-e Nour ‎typically travel to war zones around the ‎time of Norouz, the Iranian New Year, and during summer vacation.‎

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