{"id":121957,"date":"2025-04-06T17:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T14:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=121957"},"modified":"2025-04-06T17:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T14:27:34","slug":"grand-ayatollah-shirazi-calls-on-believers-to-demand-reconstruction-of-al-baqi-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/ahlulbayt-occasions\/121957-grand-ayatollah-shirazi-calls-on-believers-to-demand-reconstruction-of-al-baqi-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Ayatollah Shirazi Calls on believers to demand reconstruction of Al-Baqi Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has once again strongly condemned the historical crime of demolishing the graves of the Imams buried in Al-Baqi cemetery, stressing that silence on the matter amounts to negligence in defending the truth. The Grand Marja stated that the continued destruction of these holy sites represents an ongoing violation of Islamic sanctities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement published on his official website, his Eminence said, \u201cThe disgraceful aggression remains as long as Al-Baqi remains desolate and the graves of the Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, lie in ruins,\u201d adding \u201cthis weakness will not be resolved unless the devastating effects are reversed through the reconstruction of the sacred shrines, domes, and minarets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grand Ayatollah Shirazi called on Muslims around the world to unite and demand the restoration of Al-Baqi, considering it a religious, ethical, and historical obligation, emphasizing that commemorating this day reflects loyalty to the Infallible Imams of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, and rejection of the injustice done to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has once again strongly condemned the historical crime of demolishing the graves of the Imams buried in Al-Baqi cemetery, stressing that silence on the matter amounts to negligence in defending the truth. 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