Hawzah News Agency (Karaj, Iran) - The Friday prayer leader of Karaj called Arbaeen “the peak of the emergence of love and devotion to the Ahl al-Bayt” and said addressing cultural and positive activities during the Arbaeen is of particular importance.
A meeting of the Policy Board of the Organization for the Reconstruction of the Holy Shrines of Iraq in Alborz Province was held on June 18th at the Friday prayer leader’s office in Karaj.
At the beginning of the meeting, Soleyman Shokri, the head of the Organization For the Reconstruction of the Holy Shrines of Iraq in Alborz Province, presented a report on the ongoing projects, gifts and vows of the people of the province to help develop, expand, construct and rebuild the holy shrines and establish mawkibs (mourning organizations) during the Arba’in pilgrimage in Iraq.
Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad-Mahdi Hoseyni-Hamadani described the report presented as “glade tidings of the performance of the province” and stated, “Our people have shown their commitment to all aspects of human life since the arrival of Islam, and in particular, the arrival of Shia in Iran. Since the Islamic Revolution, which is derived from the movement of Imam al-Husayn, until today, they have shown their devotion to the Ahl al-Bayt in all respects and the deficiencies haven’t dissipated this devotion and the difficulty of livelihood has prevented people from engaging in vows in any era.”
The representative of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Khamenei] in Alborz province added, “The argument of resistance, which has emphasized by the Supreme Leader of the Revolution these days, is based on devotion to the Ahl al-Bayt and the Ahl al-Bayt also protected the religion through resistance.”