{"id":86938,"date":"2025-05-01T15:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T11:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/?p=86938"},"modified":"2026-01-18T16:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:45:48","slug":"call-to-strengthen-media-cooperation-in-the-shiite-world-at-3rd-ahlulbayt-a-s-media-narrators-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/affiliated-centers\/ahlulbayt-news-agency-abna\/call-to-strengthen-media-cooperation-in-the-shiite-world-at-3rd-ahlulbayt-a-s-media-narrators-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Call to Strengthen Media Cooperation in the Shiite World at 3rd AhlulBayt (a.s.) Media Narrators Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>According to the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly News Portal: <\/strong>The third International Conference of \u201cAhlulBayt (a.s.) Media Narrators\u201d commenced Thursday morning, May 1, 2025, in Qom, coinciding with the Ten Days of Dignity (from the first day of Dhu al-Qadah marked as Lady Masoumeh\u2019s (a.s.) birth anniversary, to Dhu al-Qadah 11, coinciding with Imam Reza\u2019s (a.s.) birth anniversary). The event was held at the conference hall of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly, with the participation of media professionals and intellectuals from Iran and several African countries. It has been organized by the AhlulBayt (a.s.) International News Agency (ABNA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">During the opening session, Salati Bello, a Nigerian media activist, highlighted the importance of media in today\u2019s world and stated, \u201cIt suffices to say that the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic once remarked that if he were not responsible for leadership, he would have chosen a career in media.\u201d He noted that this reflects the high status and significance of the media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Stressing the need to expand indigenous media across the African continent, he said, \u201cIn countries such as Nigeria and Burkina Faso, there are media outlets that appear local but are in fact operated by non-locals, failing to deliver the key and necessary messages to society.\u201d He emphasized the growing necessity for media that is locally managed and content-driven in order to convey truths directly to the people without intermediaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">In another part of his speech, Salati Bello expressed his appreciation for the efforts of ABNA and the African Students\u2019 Union in organizing this conference, adding, \u201cThe activities of the African Students\u2019 Union initially began with the support of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly. Unfortunately, this cooperation has diminished over time. We respectfully request the Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly to enhance bilateral support and cooperation with this union.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salati Bello, a Nigerian media activist, underscored the importance of media in today\u2019s world, stating, \u201cIt suffices to say that the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic once remarked that if he were not responsible for leadership, he would have chosen a career in media.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":86990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[236,889,1733],"class_list":["post-86938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ahlulbayt-news-agency-abna","tag-abna-news-agency","tag-ahlulbayt-a-s-media-narrators","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86938","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=86938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86993,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86938\/revisions\/86993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}