(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The holy mausoleum of Imam Reza (AS) has been a tourism hub of the Shia world in the past 500 years, an eminent Iranian historian said. Khosro Mo’tazed told IQNA’s Khroasan Razavi chapter that the holy city of Mashhad became the Shia world’s first pilgrimage site in the Safavid era and ever since it has remained so. He referred to the International Conference on Religious Tourism and Development of Pilgrimage Culture, which is slated to be held in Mashhad next week, and regarded it as a move for promotion of the culture of Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS). Mo’tazed also highlighted the important role of the media in introducing the cultural and religious attractions of Iran to the Muslim world./129
2 October 2011 - 20:30
News ID: 269359
The holy mausoleum of Imam Reza (AS) has been a tourism hub of the Shia world in the past 500 years, an eminent Iranian historian said.
