According to Ahlul Bayt News Agency – ABNA – Ayatollah Dori Najaf Abadi met with guests to the Islamic Unity conference in Arak and stated, “Arak has a shining background in science. Great scholars used to live in this city. In the past, Arak was called the capital of Iran.
“Arak was the capital of lovers of Ahlul Bayt.Ayatollah Haeri Yazdi, who established the Seminary school of Qom, used to live in Arak. Imam Khomeini too was Ayatollah Haeri’s pupil in Arak. Also Ayatollah Araki was Ayatollah Haeri’s student”.
The Vice-President of the High Council of Ahlul Bayt World Assembly then added, “ there are four Seminary schools for men in Arak. The fifth one is under construction and upon completion will be a center of excellence”.
“Khatam al-Anbia school will be built in a 200,000 thousand square meters of land. The buildings will be 30,000 square meters which include 48 houses for teachers and 108 for students” he continued.
“although only 2 years pass since the admission of this school, there are good fascilities for students” he added.
“Schools for women too are in good conditions. Markazi province has 30 schools. Some are for intermediate levels. These schools are God’s blessings to us” he remarked.
Ayatollah Dori then stated, “Khatam al-Anbia school will provide admission for foreign students and even Sunni students. This is all because of the Islamic Revolution in Iran”.
In the end, he pointed out, “through God’s blessings Seminary schools in Arak were developed and the youth attend them with great enthusiasm and love.”
It is noteworthy that the first Conference of proximity of Islamic Schools in thoughts of Imam Khomeini and Imam Khamenei kicked off today in Arak with cooperation of University of Arak, Ahlul Bayt Wold Assembly, and other institutions.