Hawzah News Agency(Qom, Iran) - In a meeting with the organizers of the international conference on 'Islam and Human Rights' in Qom on Sunday, December 4, 2016, Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi said, " Holding this conference is of vital importance and it will bear many fruits from various aspects."

The Shia source of emulation reiterated that introducing the world to genuine Islam is among the impacts of such conference and addressed the organizers of the event, "By holding this international conference, you are indeed serving the cause of Islam, Shiism, Shia Seminaries as well as the Islamic establishment."

Referring to the negative propagations against Iran and Shiism in the foreign media, Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi stressed the importance of introducing the world to genuine principles and doctrine of Shia jurisprudence adding, "Promoting true Islam by organizing conferences and conventions will neutralize the negative propaganda and help change the world's view regarding Iran and Shia Muslims."

Afterwards, Hujjat al-Islam Ahmad Moballeqi, the scientific secretariat of the conference  presented a report on the ongoing activities regarding the conference.

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