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  Updated: May 18, 2006

Al-Jafaria inaugurates: Marjaiyah sends unity message to Turkish Shiias

By: Sultan Ahmed

ISTANBUL, Turkey: A ceremony to inaugurate Al-Jafaria Association in Istanbul, one of biggest cities of Turkey, drew large number of religious and governmental dignitaries from inside and outside the country besides a gathering of some 10,000 people.

A representative delegation of Sayyed Abdul-Aziz Al-Hakim, chief of Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq who also heads United Iraqi Alliance, made special participation in the program. The delegation, comprised of Sayyed Hussein Al-Hakim, Sayyed Salih Al-Hakim and Al-Ostaz Abdullah Totonji, got a warm welcome with chants of “Labbayk Ya Hussein”.

Turkish Shiia leader Sheikh Salahoddin Ozkondoz was also present on the occasion.

Addressing the gathering, Hojjatol Islam Val Muslimin Sayyed Hussein Al-Hakim conveyed greetings of Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim marking the occasion and also that of Marjaiyah Al-Olyaa to the Turkish people in general and the participants in particular.

He also conveyed advices from Ayatullah Sayyed Ali Al-Husseini As-Sistani to Shiias in Turkey that included his call to unity and spreading thought of Ahl-ol Beit (p).


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