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Al-Kerbela’i said, “In the month brothers in faith and equals in
of Sha’ban, which coincided
with the 10th edition of the
festival, men, for the sake of
God, responded to a call for
arms against ISIS, which was
issued by a descendant of Imam
Hussain ‘Sayyid Ali al-Sistani’
— they laid their lives for their
country and achieved victory;
this is the Hussainian martyrdom deterioration of social values
revolution of today.”
He extended his gratitude to the
figures who came from different
parts of the world to attend
and participate in the festival,
appreciating their efforts in the
scientific, epistemic, and cultural
scope of identifying Imam
Hussain and his reformation
method.
He added that, “All the activities,
such as scientific, epistemic
researches, and poems of faith
the festival witnessed for 15
years have a big impact on our
humanity.”
Al-Kerbela’i stressed the
importance of focusing attention
on the youth and educating
them, for they are facing a wave
of intellectual, ideological, and
ethical fluctuations, such as “
atheism and irreligion.
He warned against the We must convey
and ethics caused by dangerous the Hussainian
fluctuations in the age of
technology, intellectual invasion, cause to the
and the emergence of titles world, focus on
covered with the allegation
of “freedom, development, the youth, and
and evolution” that are meant
to deceive those who are maintain values
inexperienced in life and the and ethics.
Hussainian immortality.
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