Tags - Hajj Stampede
Rasa – Ayatollah Hashemi-Shahroudi said, “The Mina tragedy was a unique occurrence in the history of Islam in which more than 7,000 believers in the state of ihram and while in the secure shrine of God while performing the divine Hajj rituals were martyred with thirsty lips.”
News ID: 423427 Publish Date : 2016/09/12
Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani:
Rasa – Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani said that Wahhabism is one of the great tragedies of the Islamic world and that it wishes to sow discord amongst the Muslims, and that the Saudi regime, with the help of the British and the Zionist regimes have sustained its survival.
News ID: 423401 Publish Date : 2016/09/10
Ayatollah Safi-Golpaygani:
Rasa – Ayatollah Safi-Golpaygani said, “The horrendous event of Mina was an enormous tragedy and wound, and a great injustice that affected the Muslims. This incident was the cause of sorrow and grief of all Muslims and will be recorded as a disgrace in the history of Saudi Arabia.”
News ID: 423398 Publish Date : 2016/09/10
Rasa – Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi said, “There’s no doubt that such ominous tragedy was a disgrace for Al Saud who consider themselves guardians of Hajj pilgrims lives. Such stain on Al Saud’s history can never be removed.”
News ID: 423397 Publish Date : 2016/09/10
Rasa – A senior Iranian cleric deplored a muted response by the countries whose nationals were killed in a September 2015 crush of Hajj pilgrims in Mina, although being aware that the Saudi regime has been at fault.
News ID: 423367 Publish Date : 2016/09/09
Rasa – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has censured the Bahraini foreign minister for his recent allegations against the Islamic Republic, calling on the top diplomat to stay away from approaches that seek to “sow division” among the Muslim ummah.
News ID: 423362 Publish Date : 2016/09/09
Rasa – Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are not attending the Hajj pilgrimage this year because Saudi authorities failed to ensure their safety following a tragic stampede on September 24, 2015.
News ID: 423360 Publish Date : 2016/09/09
News ID: 423357 Publish Date : 2016/09/09
Vice President of the Executive Council of Hezbollah:
Rasa – Hujjat al-Islam Nabil Qawouq criticized the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia’s remarks against the Iranian people and said that takfir against Muslims is the official policy of Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 423317 Publish Date : 2016/09/08
Iranian President Hasan Rouhani:
Rasa – Iranian President Hasan Rouhani has called on the Muslim world to join forces and bring the Saudi regime to justice for its atrocities in Muslim countries of the Middle East.
News ID: 423293 Publish Date : 2016/09/07
Rasa – Ayatollah Khamenei says the Islamic Republic has been the only critical voice against the deaths of pilgrims during last year’s Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia, criticizing human rights organizations and other countries for choosing to remain silent on the issue.
News ID: 423292 Publish Date : 2016/09/07
News ID: 423290 Publish Date : 2016/09/07
Ayatollah Araki:
Rasa – The Secretary-General of the World Forum for Proximity of the Islamic Schools of Thoughts highlights the necessity of using Islamic states’ competence for managing the pilgrimage.
News ID: 423289 Publish Date : 2016/09/07
Mohammad-Javad Zarif:
Rasa – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif says the religion of Iran and most of the Muslim world is nothing like that of Saudi Arabian Wahhabis.
News ID: 423288 Publish Date : 2016/09/07
Ayatollah al-Nablusi on Mina Stampede:
Rasa – “As we’re approaching the anniversary of Mina tragedy which led to the murder of thousands pilgrims due to Saudi officials’ incompetency in running the Hajj affairs,” Ayatollah al-Nablusi, a prominent Lebanese Shi’a scholar, wrote an article in al-Binaa newspaper.
News ID: 423258 Publish Date : 2016/09/06
Rasa – The Supreme Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, has issued a message on the occasion of the beginning of the Hajj pilgrimage.
News ID: 423228 Publish Date : 2016/09/05
Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs’ Official:
Rasa – A high-ranking Iranian official said the resumption of the Umrah (minor) Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia hinges on the punishment of the police officers behind the harassment of two Iranian teenagers at Jeddah Airport last year.
News ID: 422685 Publish Date : 2016/08/13
Representative of the people of North Khorasan in the Assembly of Experts:
Rasa – Ayatollah Mehmannavaz spoke about the Saudi management of the Hajj and the 2015 stampede in Mina, saying that the actions carried out by the Al Saud are not compatible with the tradition of the Abrahamic Hajj and the aims of the Prophet Muhammad.
News ID: 422666 Publish Date : 2016/08/14
Tehran Friday Prayer Leader:
Rasa – Ayatollah Movahedi-Kermani said on Friday in his second sermon that the Saudis, “who created obstacles for pilgrims during the Hajj and have deprived the Iranian people from paying tribute to the ‘House of God’ [Ka’bah], are regarded as the most tyrant people in the world.”
News ID: 422650 Publish Date : 2016/08/06
Qom Friday Prayer Leader:
Rasa – Ayatollah Sa’idi said that instead of serving Muslims and the Two Holy Shrines of Makkah and Madinah, Saudi Arabia has attacked the Muslim country of Yemen where it has killed women and children and banned Iranian pilgrims from performing the Hajj.
News ID: 422645 Publish Date : 2016/08/06