AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): A 23-person group of tourists from Germany have paid a visit to Imam Reza holy shrine, enjoying special services of the Office for Foreign Pilgrims’ Affairs.
After being warmly welcomed upon entry to the holy complex, the group members who were visiting Iran by their personal camper cars, were directed to the Office for Foreign Pilgrims’ Affairs and enjoyed special programs arranged for them.
Finishing with their programs at the department office, the group visited different courtyards and porticos of the complex as well as Quran museum of Imam Reza holy shrine while being accompanied by a guide fluent in English. The group was given a chance for discussion with the religious expert of the office and watched a video clip introducing Imam Reza shrine.
Also, Department of Tourists and Religions provided the mostly elderly tourists with some cultural gifts as memorials in German language.
During the discussion with the center’s expert, almost all members of the group had an interactive and friendly give and take on different areas such as misunderstandings on Islam and its relations with other divine religions.
Members of the foreign group who were leaving Mashhad for central city of Yazd described Iranian nation as very friendly, stating that the huge crowd of pilgrims inside the holy shrine in last days of Safar was “very magnificent”.
It is worth mentioning that to fulfill inter-faith dialogue and understanding among religions’ followers, Imam Reza holy shrine’s Office for Foreign Pilgrims’ Affairs plans many different yearly and occasional programs for large number of arriving foreign visitors and tourists to Imam Reza holy shrine.
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