DEN HAAG, Holland: Iraqi Supreme Islamic Council observed the fourth martyrdom anniversary of Ayatullah Sayyed Muhammad Baqir Al-Hakim in Holland on 22 July.

Large number of people from different parts of the country as well as political and social figures attended a ceremony marking the occasion.

Alhaj Abo-Yasser Ad-Dahvi opened the gathering with recitation of Quranic verses followed by speeches by Ayatullah As-Sistani’s representative Sheikh Abo-Taha At-Tamimi, Sayyed Kafah Al-Husseini, Al-Ostaz Salah Bawani, Al-Ostaz Gharib, Najaf representative Sayyed Ala Al-Khateeb, Alhajah Ommi As’ad, Muhammad Al-Mafraji,

Iraqi ambassador to Holland Al-Ostaz Sinamand and many others. They threw light on the different aspects of the life of Ayatullah Baqir Al-Hakim who was martyred in a car bomb attack near the holy Haidari shrine in the holy city of Najaf along with more than 100 others.

Message of Sayyed Abdulaziz Al-Hakim was read by the Supreme Council’s representative Dr Hussein Al-Khatib.

Al-Ostaz Safa Al-Fartosi and poet Mosheer As-Saidi recited elegies.