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First scientific conference of Shia Muslims in India stresses adherence to Ahlulbayt, their teachings and rituals

The Indian city of Lucknow witnessed on Saturday the conclusion of the activities of the Scientific Conference of Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them), which was organized under supervision of Hujjat al-Islam Wa al-Muslmeen Sayyed Saif Abbas, director of office of Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi in india, with the support of the Husseini Fund of the Shia Association in the country, and with the participation of more than (150 researchers) from nine Indian states, as well as researchers from other countries.

Shia scientific and intellectual figures attended the conference as well as representative of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husayni al-Shirazi in India, His Eminence Sheikh Adeeb al-Hindi.

Regarding this important participation in the conference, Sheikh al-Hindi said in a statement to Shia Waves Agency, “The purpose of this conference is to defend the foundations of the guardianship of the Commander of the Faithful and the rituals of Imam Hussein (peace be upon them both).”

He added, “The conferees emphasized the greatness of reviving the tragedy of the Master of Martyrs (peace be upon him), as well as the to continue demanding the reconstruction of the pure graves of the Imams of Baqi Al-Gharqad (peace be upon them).”

It is worth noting that the researchers participating in the conference came from the Indian states (Kargol, Kashmir, Maharashtra, Punjab, UB, Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh), and it was attended by prominent Shia personalities, including (Ayatollah Sayyid Hamid al-Hassan, Sayyid Farid al-Hasan, Sayyid Afzal Naqvi from Mert, Sayyid Jawad Javadi from Allahabad, Sayyid Tehzeeb Al Hasan from Ranji, Sayyid Asad Yawar from Bihar, Sayyid Nadeem Asghar from Banaras, Sayyid Kawkab Mujtaba, Sayyid Amlawi, Sayyid Imam Haider from Canada, Sayyid Yasuob Abbas, Mirza Jafar Abbas and Sayyid Ghazanfar al-Tusi).

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