Hawzah News Agency (Najaf, Iraq) – Several groups of Iraqi Muslims from the seminary of Najaf as well as from different Iraqi provinces met with Grand Ayatollah Bashir al-Najafi in the city of Najaf on Tuesday, July 4th.

During his meeting with lecturers of Najaf Seminary, the senior cleric asserted, "The genuine doctrine of Islam, which is being promoted in the seminaries, invites people to spread values such as kindness, compassion, peace, obedience to Allah almighty and adherence to the Ahlul Bayt (as)."

Elsewhere in his remarks, Grand Ayatollah al-Najafi highlighted Iraqi forces' recent victories over ISIS saying, "One of our major responsibilities right now is to attend to the families of martyrs and wounded soldiers and support them."

"The enemies of our country were out to destroy the historic monuments and signs of Iraq's ancient civilization; they were plotting to stain the sanctities of Iraq through creating division and unrest, but all these conspiracies failed due to the efforts and sacrifices done by Iraqi forces," the cleric conclude.