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Publish date24 Jul 2016 - 10:53
Story Code : 239278

Imam Sajjad Int'l Festival to be held

The international festival of Imam Sajjad (AS) will be mounted by a number of Iranian and Indian cultural associations.
Imam Sajjad Int

 
The international festival of Imam Sajjad (AS) is to be mounted by a number of Iranian and Indian cultural associations with religious clerics and thinkers in attendance, Taqrib News Agency (TNA) reported IQNA as saying. 

Representatives and scholars of 34 religious and cultural institutes of the two countries attended a meeting in the holy city of Qom earlier this month to discuss the organization of the festival.

Askari Cultural Association for Indian seminary students held the meeting at Hojjatiyya School of Al-Mustafa International University.

It was also attended by Gholamreza Mahdawi, former representative of the university in India and Hojat-ol-Islam Wali Al-Hassan Razawi.

The international festival will aim to the spread the teachings of Imam Sajjad (AS) and his Seerah.

It will include publication of a collection of poems on the virtues of the Imam (AS), organization of cultural competitions such as book-reading, essay-writing and painting competition, production of a documentary about the Imam and holding religious sessions to better introduce the Imam's character and teachings to university and school students.

The organizers of the festival are also about to launch a website featuring content on the character of Imam Sajjad (AS) and various aspects of his supplications.
 
/SR

 
https://taghribnews.com/vdca0onua49neu1.tgk4.html
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