(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Leader of the Shia Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky paid a visit to the holy city of Najaf and Karbala in Iraq during Eid al Adha. He left Nigeria on Saturday the 12th of Oct. 2013.
During the five-day visit the leader visited the holy Shrine of Imam Ali (AS) and other sites including the tomb of Sayyid Mustafa Khomeini the son of Imam Khomeini(QS). At the holy shrine of Imam Ali (AS) the Sheikh was presented with a black flag of the Tomb of the holy Imam(AS).
Meanwhile the secretary general of the al-Abbas Holy Shrine Sayed Ahmed Es-Safi, met his eminence Sheikh Ibrahim Zekzaki, who is one of the greatest Shiite figures.
They discussed the concerns of the process of promulgating Islam in Nigeria. The head of the Department of African Islamic Studies attended the meeting Sayed Hashim El-Aowadi, and the head of the Division of International Media and Culture Mr. Jessam Es-S’eadi.
They mentioned the active Islamic informer in Africa, and the means of facilitating the mission in the foreign countries.
It’s been mentioned that the focus of the meeting was to obtain the best mechanism in order to reach the Islamic informative goals.
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During the five-day visit the leader visited the holy Shrine of Imam Ali (AS) and other sites including the tomb of Sayyid Mustafa Khomeini the son of Imam Khomeini(QS). At the holy shrine of Imam Ali (AS) the Sheikh was presented with a black flag of the Tomb of the holy Imam(AS).
Meanwhile the secretary general of the al-Abbas Holy Shrine Sayed Ahmed Es-Safi, met his eminence Sheikh Ibrahim Zekzaki, who is one of the greatest Shiite figures.
They discussed the concerns of the process of promulgating Islam in Nigeria. The head of the Department of African Islamic Studies attended the meeting Sayed Hashim El-Aowadi, and the head of the Division of International Media and Culture Mr. Jessam Es-S’eadi.
They mentioned the active Islamic informer in Africa, and the means of facilitating the mission in the foreign countries.
It’s been mentioned that the focus of the meeting was to obtain the best mechanism in order to reach the Islamic informative goals.
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