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Robert Leaf Krekor Ahmed Eql
societies.” able to distinguish a true Muslim – on behalf of the Imam Hussain
“Our task is to clarify the true from a bogus Muslim, noting and the al-Abbas Holy Shrines
image of Islam, because the that it is everyone’s responsibility – at the closing ceremony of
Western societies have a to spread this awareness, the 15th Rabee al-Shahada
mistaken image of Islam due especially clerics, educationists, Cultural Festival – held at the
to the anti-Islamic media, and and academics in the Western Imam Hussain Holy Shrine, in
we have to identify the positive societies. which he emphasized that Imam
image of Islam and how it can Hussain’s cause should resonate
play a positive role in the British The representative of the Shia all over the world, and called
society,” he added. Muslim Supreme Religious for focusing attention on the
He indicated that when people Authority, sheikh Abdul-Mehdi youth and for vigilance against
realize what Islam is, they will be al-Kerbela’i, delivered a speech the deterioration of values and
ethics.
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