{"id":95335,"date":"2023-08-02T18:32:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T15:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=95335"},"modified":"2023-08-02T18:32:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T15:32:40","slug":"grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani sends letter to Pope Francis, encouraging peaceful co-existence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani has sent a letter to Pope Francis, following a letter he received from the latter on the second year of their meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his letter, the Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani stressed the importance of being steadfast in belief in Allah Almighty and his messages and the commitment to high moral values to overcoming the challenges that humanity is facing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added in his letter, viewed by Shia Waves Agency,&nbsp; that &#8220;It is very necessary to emphasize the importance of concerted efforts to renounce violence and hatred and to establish the values of harmony between all people.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His Eminence said that, &#8220;It is very necessary to exert more efforts to defend the oppressed people around the world, &#8220;noting that, &#8220;The tragedies suffered by many people play a role in the emergence of some extremist movements that attack others whose thought and faith is different from theirs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his letter, the Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani referred to the importance of combating deviant ideologies and to preserve the primordial nature man was created with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Sistani-new-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Sistani-new-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Sistani-new-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Sistani-new-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Sistani-new.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani has sent a letter to Pope Francis, following a letter he received from the latter on the second year of their meeting. In his letter, the Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani stressed the importance of being steadfast in belief in Allah Almighty and his messages and the commitment to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":95336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani sends letter to Pope Francis, encouraging peaceful co-existence - Shia Waves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani sends letter to Pope Francis, encouraging peaceful co-existence - Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani has sent a letter to Pope Francis, following a letter he received from the latter on the second year of their meeting. In his letter, the Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani stressed the importance of being steadfast in belief in Allah Almighty and his messages and the commitment to &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-02T15:32:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-02T15:32:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Sistani-new.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/\",\"name\":\"Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani sends letter to Pope Francis, encouraging peaceful co-existence - Shia Waves\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Sistani-new.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-02T15:32:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-02T15:32:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Sistani-new.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Sistani-new.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani sends letter to Pope Francis, encouraging peaceful co-existence\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Shia Waves\",\"description\":\"Just another ShiaWaves site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\",\"name\":\"Arooj\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani sends letter to Pope Francis, encouraging peaceful co-existence - Shia Waves","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani sends letter to Pope Francis, encouraging peaceful co-existence - Shia Waves","og_description":"His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani has sent a letter to Pope Francis, following a letter he received from the latter on the second year of their meeting. In his letter, the Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani stressed the importance of being steadfast in belief in Allah Almighty and his messages and the commitment to &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/","og_site_name":"Shia Waves","article_published_time":"2023-08-02T15:32:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-02T15:32:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Sistani-new.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arooj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arooj","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/","name":"Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani sends letter to Pope Francis, encouraging peaceful co-existence - Shia Waves","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Sistani-new.jpg","datePublished":"2023-08-02T15:32:34+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-02T15:32:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Sistani-new.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/08\/Sistani-new.jpg","width":1024,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/95335-grand-ayatollah-al-sistani-sends-letter-to-pope-francis-encouraging-peaceful-co-existence\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani sends letter to Pope Francis, encouraging peaceful co-existence"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/","name":"Shia Waves","description":"Just another ShiaWaves site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9","name":"Arooj","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95337,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95335\/revisions\/95337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}