{"id":79918,"date":"2025-08-17T16:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T12:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/?p=79918"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:15:48","slug":"ayatollah-ramazani-calls-for-greater-focus-on-ashuras-spiritual-and-intellectual-dimensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/secretary-general\/ayatollah-ramazani-calls-for-greater-focus-on-ashuras-spiritual-and-intellectual-dimensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayatollah Ramazani Calls for Greater Focus on Ashura\u2019s Spiritual and Intellectual Dimensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\"><strong>Book \u201cAli (a.s.), the Criterion of Truth\u201d Published in Tanzania <\/strong>At the international Arbaeen conference titled \u201cTeachings of Arbaeen of Imam Hussain (a.s.): Dignity, Justice, and Global Responsibility\u201d held in Karbala, Ayatollah Reza Ramazani, Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly emphasized that Ashura is nothing short of a miracle, a divine mastery over the human heart that continues to captivate souls more and more each day. He urged deeper attention to its spiritual and intellectual dimensions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">Highlighting the vital role of scholars, Ayatollah Ramazani stressed that intellectual and religious elites must fulfill their duties, warning against a dangerous reversal where they follow the general public rather than guide them. Citing Allamah Javadi Amoli, he noted, \u201cThe masses follow the elites, and the elites should not be swayed by the masses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">He further questioned whether to remain silent in the face of atrocity and rejected notions of &#8220;absolute peace&#8221; if that means condoning injustice. Instead, he advocated for \u201cjust peace,\u201d rooted in dignity and resistance to oppression, drawing on the teachings of Imam Ali (a.s.): \u201cBe a challenger for the oppressed and a helper against the oppressor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\">In his closing remarks, Ayatollah Ramazani reiterated that Ashura\u2019s spiritual potency is unparalleled, serving as a model of sacrifice, ethical resolve, and universal guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ayatollah Reza Ramazani, Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly emphasized that Ashura is nothing short of a miracle, a divine mastery over the human heart that continues to captivate souls more and more each day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":80340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[1627,197],"class_list":["post-79918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-secretary-general","tag-arbaeen","tag-ayatollah-reza-ramazani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79918","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=79918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80343,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79918\/revisions\/80343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}