Hawzah News Agency- Hujjat al-Islam Syed Ali Raza Rizvi, one of the prominent Pakistani scholars, in an interview with Hawzah News correspondent, referred to the current situation of Shiites around the world, adding that Shiism is currently facing numerous challenges around the globe and that the media plays a key role in confronting such challenges.

He further noted that supporting oppressed Muslims and believers around the world is a truly significant point.

This prominent Pakistani scholar went on to spoke about the situation in Parachinar and said,” The issue of Parachinar, Pakistan, is a deep tragedy, where more and more children are being sacrificed day by day with the closure of roads and the increase in cruelty. Condemning terrorist activities alone is not enough.”

Regarding the challenges facing Shiism in the world, he stated that the more pressure on Shiism increases, the stronger we will appear, because gold’s purity increases by fire.

Hujjat al-Islam Ali Reza Rizvi also emphasized the need for the extensive presence of seminarians in the media in order to explain Islamic teachings; He also praised the prominent role of the Hawzah News Agency in the field of news and information, and called for expanding the scope of this news organization's activities, saying,” We need a strong and up-to-date media to explain religious teachings and express the Shiite point of view in various social and political areas.”

It is worth noting that Hujjat al-Islam Seyyed Ali Reza Rizvi is currently residing in Europe and is the chairman of the Shiite Ulema Council (Europe) in Britain. He has written and translated several books.