Ahlul Bayt News Agency -ABNA- Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi in the meeting with Sheikh Ahmad Hasun The Grand Mufti of Syria and his entourage expressed his pleasure for the meeting and hope that a better and brighter future awaits the people of Syria by defeating Takfiris and their supporters.
His eminence referred to the threat of Takfiris for the Islamic world reaffirmed that intellectual and cultural counter the only way to ward off the risk of Takfiris groups and the media should play a more active role in this area. By the same token he considered essential to create a television channel for criticizing Takfiris mind-set and pledged to cooperate with it.
During the meeting Grand Ayatollah Makarem inquired about the situation of war-affected and critical areas of Syria including four Shia-settled areas which are surrounded by the enemy that Mr.Hasun in reply expressed hope that within coming weeks these areas will be released by Syrian fighters. He praised people’s high spirit of these areas and mentioned, they are surrounded by the enemy for three years but they refused to give in or exit these areas.
On the other side in this meeting Syrian Mufti praised holding congress about risk of Takfiri flows by Ayatollah Makarem last year and expressed: The only reason I’m here in Qom is your works and services for Islamic world specially counter with Takfiri flows. He asked his eminence to always pray for him and government and people of Syria.
At the end of the meeting the Syrian guests were presented gifts from his eminence.
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