Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), Tehran, Iran -- Larijani made the remarks in the first ever gathering of councils in charge of mosque affairs in Tehran on Saturday.
The western countries are now masterminding various scenarios to harm prestige of religious figures and "for this reason we shoulder a heavy responsibility in dealing with this seriously," he said.
Lauding the invaluable services of martyr Morteza Motahari, he said late Motahari was in a constant struggle with western intellectuals on the real status of clerics.
Motahari’s views were against injustice, despotism, dependency, and dictatorship, he said.
History testifies that religious figures and clerics were the vanguards in the fight against despotism and bullying powers, he said.
That is why the westerners are too sensitive to clerics and religious figures and spare no efforts to tarnish their image, he said.
Religious figures play a leading role in promoting cultural and educational issues, Larijani said.
The government should not interfere in the affairs of theological schools but rather should support them, he said.
Highlighting the significant role of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, he said the wise leadership of the Supreme Leader in connection with regional, international and domestic issues is a sources of blessing for the Iranian nation.
“If the US had scored success in Iraq or Lebanon, the status of world Muslims would have changed dramatically,” he pointed out.
Velayat-e Faqih (governance of supreme jurisprudent) has successfully managed to reveal the real image of the US for world nations, he underlined.
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