{"id":317312,"date":"2021-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-11T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/%d8%a7%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1\/when-rational-islam-mentioned-all-eyes-on-islamic-center-of-hamburg\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T11:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T08:17:32","slug":"when-rational-islam-mentioned-all-eyes-on-islamic-center-of-hamburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/when-rational-islam-mentioned-all-eyes-on-islamic-center-of-hamburg\/","title":{"rendered":"When rational Islam mentioned, all eyes on Islamic Center of Hamburg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to the AhlulBayt World Assembly News Portal: <\/strong>The unveiling ceremony of the book \u201cShiite Ambassador in the West\u201d, a description of the efforts of Hojat al-Islam Mohammad Mohagheghi Lahiji, the first Imam of Imam Ali (a.s.) Mosque in the Islamic Center of Hamburg, Germany, was held on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly.<\/p>\n


\nWhen rational Islam mentioned, all eyes on Islamic Center of Hamburg<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nFollowing the ceremony, the video message of Hojat al-Islam Dr. Mohammad Hadi Mofateh, the current director of the Islamic Center of Hamburg, was displayed. In a part of his speech, referring to verse 108 of Surah Tawbah, Hojat al-Islam Mufateh said, \u201cImam Ali (a.s.) Mosque in Hamburg is a perfect example of this noble verse: \u201c\u0644\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0633\u0652\u062c\u0650\u062f\u064c \u0623\u064f\u0633\u0650\u0651\u0633\u064e \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u064e\u0651\u0642\u0652\u0648\u064e\u0649\u0670 \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u0623\u064e\u0648\u064e\u0651\u0644\u0650 \u064a\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0645\u064d\u201d (A mosque founded on Godwariness from the [very] first day is worthier that you stand in it [for prayer]) (Quran, Surah At-Tawbah, verse: 108).\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\u201c60 years have passed since the foundation of this mosque by the late Mohagheghi Lahiji and by the order of Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi. During these 60 years, different people came and went in this mosque, and different imams were in charge of the mosque and the center and transferred this responsibility to the next Imam,\u201d continued the head of the Islamic Center of Hamburg.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cDifferent people attended this mosque, worked, prayed, and left, and it has always continued to shine throughout continental Europe and in Germany,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cDuring these 60 years, whenever there has been a talk of rational and moral Islam, all eyes have been on the Islamic Center of Hamburg. This is due to the spirit of piety, spirituality, and sincerity, which was founded from the beginning by the order of Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi and at the request and initiative of a group of trusted and pious Iranian businessmen in Hamburg, and by the late Mohagheghi Lahiji,\u201d noted Hojat al-Islam Mofateh, referring to the role of this center in reflecting true Islam in Europe.<\/p>\n

\nIt should be mentioned that the unveiling ceremony of the book \u201cShiite Ambassador in the West\u201d, a description of the efforts of Hojat al-Islam Mohammad Mohagheghi Lahiji, the first Imam of Imam Ali (a.s.) Mosque in the Islamic Center of Hamburg, Germany, was held on Sunday, July 11, 2021, at the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly.<\/p>\n

\nOther programs of the ceremony were: introduction of the Islamic Center of Hamburg, showing a documentary clip about the appointment of Mohammad Mohagheghi Lahiji as the first Imam of Imam Ali (a.s.) Mosque in the Islamic Center of Hamburg by Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi, and his activities in the center, a short speech by Hojat al-Islam Mohammad Hadi Mofateh, current manager of the Islamic Center of Hamburg, and signing the book \u201cShiite Ambassador in the West\u201d.<\/p>\n

\nThe \u201cShiite Ambassador in the West\u201d book is collected by Dr. Mahdi Mostafavi (Deputy for the Office of the Supreme Leader in the International Affairs), through the Islamic Revolution Document Center, in 256 pages in five chapters, including \u201cSixty years after entering Hamburg\u201d, \u201cAbout Germany and Hamburg\u201d, \u201cfrom Gilan to Hamburg\u201d, \u201cThe Hamburg\u2019s Spirituality\u201d and \u201cOde of Farewell\u201d. The book \u201cShiite Ambassador in the West\u201d is published by the Islamic Revolution Document Center in 500 copies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During these 60 years, whenever there has been a talk of rational and moral Islam, all eyes have been on the Islamic Center of Hamburg. This is due to the spirit of piety, spirituality, and sincerity, which was founded from the beginning by the order of Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi and at the request and initiative of a group of trusted and pious Iranian businessmen in Hamburg, and by the late Mohagheghi Lahiji<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":317309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[4977,4976,3088],"class_list":["post-317312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-hojat-al-islam-mohagheghi","tag-the-book-shiite-ambassador-in-the-west","tag-unveiling-ceremony"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":404818,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317312\/revisions\/404818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}