AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The closing ceremony of the Conference Commemorating Grand Ayatollah Mirza Mohammad Taghi Shirazi was held on Sunday, December 11, 2022, in Karbala.
At the beginning of this ceremony, which was held in Sayed Al-Osia (a.s.) complex in Karbala, some of non-Iraqi participants gave speeches on behalf of the foreign delegations present at the conference.
The second speaker at the closing ceremony was Hojat al-Islam Sheikh Mahdi Al-Yahfufi, a representative of the Supreme Islamic Shia Council of Lebanon.
While expressing his gratitude to the organizers of the conference, and praising the researchers and authors of the articles, he stated, “The materials presented in the commissions and conference sessions were very useful and informative. I would like to thank all the researchers who worked to provide this material.”
“In this conference, researchers shed light on the unknown parts of the 1920 revolution,” the Lebanese thinker continued, “We hope that these writings will be published and made available to the public.”
Also, while pointing to the role of the awakened Shiite clerics in supporting the people and Sharia, Al-Yahfufi emphasized, “The grand (Shiite) Marjaiat played a great role in supporting Islam and Ummah in all eras.”
Further, referring to the continuation of the process of supporting the Marjaiat of the nation and the entity of Iraq – from Mirza Mohammad Taghi Shirazi to the present era, he expressed, “In the current era, the Marjaiat and fatwa of Ayatollah Sistani saved Iraq from ISIL terrorists.”
* The Series of International Conferences for the Revival of the Heritage of the Ulama of Karbala
It should be mentioned that the Commemoration Conference for Ayatollah Mirza Mohammad Taghi Shirazi is the third of the Series of International Conferences for the Revival of the Heritage of the Ulama of Karbala which dedicated to commemorating and revival the works of the ulama of Karbala.
The organizer of these series of conferences is the Karbala Center for Studies and Research, the Scientific Section of the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussain (a.s.). Previously, Karbala Center held the first and second conferences to commemorate Allameh Vahid Behbahani, and great faqih and hadith narrator Ibn Fahd Hilli.
The title of the 3rd conference of these Series of International Conferences, was “Ayatollah Mirza Mohammad Taghi Shirazi - Thoughts and Leadership”, which was held by Research Center of the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussain (a.s.) in cooperation with the Shiraz University as partner organizer.
The opening ceremony of this conference was held in the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussain (a.s.) on Saturday, December 10, 2022, and then, after Maghrib and Isha prayers, researchers from different countries presented their articles in the evening scientific session which was held in Sayed al-Osia Complex.
On Sunday morning, December 11, 2022, the scientific session continued their activities, and the closing ceremony was held on Sunday evening.
It is also worth mentioning that the ABNA News Agency by dispatching reporters covered the detailed news and pictures of this conference exclusively. /345/