AhlulBayt News Agency: About 90 percent of the mosques damaged in the recent riots in Iran have been repaired and prepared to host congregational prayers during the month of Ramadan, an official said.
The secretary of the National Mosque Headquarters made the remarks at a press conference in Tehran on Sunday.
Hojat-ol-Islam Ali Nouri said mosques throughout the country were built by the people and at their expense, and they have a popular aspect and are considered part of religious rituals.
Mosques are public centers and are also considered the House of Allah, he noted.
Hojat-ol-Islam Nouri noted that in the riots that took place in the country in January, “the Holy Quran was set on fire and attacked, our youth were martyred in mosques, and 300 mosques were desecrated.”
He said that in religious literature, attention to mosques and their construction is a sign of the faith of the believers. “What happened was in conflict with our religious spirit; people were very upset that their neighborhood mosque, where they gathered on the Nights of Qadr, Muharram, and other occasions, was attacked, and they felt a religious duty towards the Quran and the mosque.”
He said that after these events, people spontaneously came to the field to donate Qurans, rebuild and honor mosques, and make the enemy understand that although the cover of the Quran and the building of the mosques were burned, the spirit of the mosque and the truth of the Quran never burns.
“During this time, people, merchants, marketers and other segments of society came to us to donate cash and even their gold to rebuild mosques. For this reason, from the first of (the lunar Hijri month of) Shaaban, the popular movement ‘Iranian Garlands’ began to collect donations for the restoration and reconstruction of mosques.”
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