Ayat Sadr’s martyrdom commemoration in Syria

By: Sultan Ahmed

DAMASCUS, Syria: A mourning program to commemorate the fourth martyrdom anniversary of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Sadeq As-Sadr was held at Damascus, Syria.

The program arranged by office of Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Kadhim Al-Hussaini Al-Hayri was attended by religious scholars including Allamah Al-Sheikh Afif An-Nablusi and representatives of Ayatullahs from Syria and Lebanon besides people from Iraq, Iran and other nations.

Fadhil Al-Imarah opened the program with recitation of Holy Quran. Al-Sheikh Jassem read out a statement issued by Grand Ayatullah Sayyid Kadhim Al-Hussaini Al-Hayri on the occasion to the participants.

Lauding the services of late Grand Ayatullah As-Sadr, the statement called support to US-led possible war on Iraq as ‘haram’.

Allamah An-Nablusi addressed the program while Sayyid As-Safi offered poetic tributes.

Similarly, a three-day conference marking the occasion was held under the auspices of office Sadr-ush-Shohada Al-Ilahiyyeen in Syria in the first week of January.

Scholars and students from Hawzaat Ilmiyah besides followers of Ahlul Bait (AS) largely attended the conference.

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