Director of Qom religious school urges for translation movement amid regional uprisings

1390/02/22-08:30

Rector of Qom religious school said Wednesday a translation movement from Persian into Arabic was essential in light of the ongoing Islamic awakening in the Middle East so as to provide the protesting populations with essential Islamic food of thought.

 

Ayatollah Moqtadayi made the remarks Wednesday during a talk on the sidelines of the 24^th Tehran International Book Fair with Chief Executive of the book fair, Bahman Dorri.

 

Ayatollah Moqtadayi appreciated the chief executive for having a replica of the demolished Lolo Square set up in the book fair and a special pavilion opened in commutation of a Bahraini publisher martyred during the ongoing protests in the country against the AL Khalifa regime.

 

Rector of Qom's Howza Elmiya (religious school) urged the chief executive to have publications on Islamic Revolution and Iranian struggles in the run-up to its triumph (1979) delivered to foreign publishers, maintaining that the foreign publishers have a thirst for such contents.

 

"The thirst of regional populations for Iranian publications proves that they have modeled Iran in their Islamic awakening and uprising," rector of the influential religious school went on to say, adding that Tehran International Book Fair was a precious opportunity for helping others to model the Islamic Revolution.

 

Ayatollah Moqtadayi also thanked Dorri for a package of programs carried out in the early days of the book fair in commemoration of the memory and lifestyle of Hadhrat Fatema Zahra (A.S.), the noble daughter of Hadhrat Muhammad (S.A.) whose martyrdom anniversary days overlapped the timetable of the landmark cultural event. "You filled the heart of Imam of Age (Aj.) with joy," he said appreciably.

 

Imam of Age is an epithet for the last Shii Imam, Hadhrat Mahdi, who is hidden from public eyes for the moment and will reappear some day to administer justice the world over.

 

The package of programs included a special pavilion in memory of the esteemed personality where publications and university dissertations on her lifestyle were up for sales or on show as well as a mourning service during the days called Fatemiya Days.

 

Dorri noted that women visitors in the book fair grew more encouraged to observe Islamic code of clothing during the Fatemiya Days, particularly inspired by the ad hoc, cultural ceremonies.

 

The 24^th edition of Tehran International Book Fair runs until May 14.