Rasa – Ayatollah Arafi said that the most important message of Ashura is the rejection of secularism and referred to the incorrect ideologies of “London Shi’ism” and “American Islam” and stressed that we cannot ignore the political and revolutionary aspects of Ashura.
In regard to Muharram mourning rituals, the head of the Islamic Seminaries of Iran stressed that we must avoid superstition and actions which weaken religion and added that the most important message of Ashura is its connection with religion and politics, the rejection of secularism and the avoidance of selective politics, lest a form of mourning be promoted which is outwardly reverent but its spirit is empty of the political aspects of the epic of Ashura.
“In Iran and throughout the world, we must remain on the path of Ashura and raise the flag of resistance and shout the slogan of Muharram, ‘Woe unto the Wretched!’” the head of al-Mustafa International University said.
The member of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom stated that Ashura is tied to the command of “enjoining the good and forbidding the wrong” and added that enjoining the good is the spirit, philosophy and key of Ashura.
He added that in his various speeches, the late Imam Khomeini said that the truth of Ashura is summarized in the slogan of enjoining the good and forbidding the wrong and is the duty of all people, the government and the leaders.
“The people should rise against the corruption based on logic and correct principles,” he added.