AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): On Thursday, February 16, 2023, at the closing ceremony of the exhibition “Scientific Discourse of the Islamic Revolution”, while pointing out the increase in the entries of WikiShia encyclopedia, Hojat al-Islam Mahdi Farmanian stated, “Over the past year, a thousand entries were added to WikiShia entries. So far, 600 million visits have been made to WikiShia entries, and sometimes its daily visits reach 500,000 visits per day. One of the countries that have the most visits to WikiShia is the United States. In this online encyclopedia, the AhlulBayt (a.s.) teachings are presented to the world in 22 languages.”
“We are looking for the expansion of holding webinars in different languages on different occasions in the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly. It is also planned that about 200 webinars will be held in this Assembly to spread the AhlulBayt (a.s.) teachings,” he continued.
“Among the approaches of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly is to participate in various exhibitions and strengthen non-governmental institutions active in the field of the international propagation of Islam. Recently, we held an exhibition for these private institutions, and we are looking to establish a permanent secretariat for this exhibition at the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly. Also, a place for non-governmental institutions active in the international arena will be allocated in the building of this assembly in Qom,” added the Deputy for Scientific and Cultural Affairs of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly.
While referring to the organizations affiliated with the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, Farmanian stated, “Al-Thaqalayn TV, AhlulBayt (a.s.) International University, Ashura International Foundation, and Foundation of Physicians Lovers of AhlulBayt (a.s.), are among the affiliated organizations with the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly. In recent years, the academic fields at AhlulBayt (a.s.) International University, have increased from 6 to 21 fields. Now students from 25 nationalities study at this university. At AhlulBayt (a.s.) University staff should be trained in various fields to defend the AhlulBayt (a.s.) teachings. Also, Al-Thaqalayn TV is now operating in Arabic, and we are looking to launch the Russian language for this satellite channel as well.”
Pointing out the new approaches of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, the Deputy for Scientific and Cultural Affairs of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly stated, “One of the approaches of the Assembly is to provide strategic management training to the world elites. Also, with the development of cyberspace, the General Directorate of Cyberspace was established at the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly. The portal of Islamic sciences has also been established in the Assembly.”
“The book publishing procedure in the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly is different from the past,” he stated, “The world has always welcomed the AhlulBayt (a.s.) teachings. Therefore, we are ready to publish the works of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly in different countries. The Assembly considers no limits regarding the sharing of its achievements with others. We seek to convey the efforts of researchers to the international arena and to spread Shiite concepts in the world.”
“The works of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly are presented to the members of the General Assembly of the Assembly in a flash drive. We are ready to cooperate with international institutions around the world to publish the works of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly to disseminate the teachings of the Immaculate Imams (a.s.),” Farmanian noted.
“Changing the phase from the format of the queue to the format of the headquarters is one of the new approaches of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly. The Assembly is looking for the compilation of fine Islamic works,” he noted in the end.
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