In response to the insult to the Holy Quran by Norbert Hofer, the leader of Austria’s extremist Freedom Party, the Ahlulbayt (a.s.) World Assembly issued an important statement.
Condemning Austrian politician bizarre statement, Ahlulbayt (a.s.) World Assembly attributed it to “ignorance” or “fanatical stubbornness” and warned about devastating religious clashes.
Pointing out that “Today, the acquaintance of the followers of different religions with the Holy Quran has led these people to refer to this Holy Book; and in some cases, this has angered the enemies”, the Assembly urged the politician who insults Qur’an and his like-minded to read the Holy Book and the Prophet Muhammad’s Tradition completely without prejudice.
The full text of the statement is as follows:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
“And We send down of the Qur’an that which is healing and mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss.” (17:82)
Unfortunately, we have once again witnessed the insult to the Holy Qur’an in Europe where an Austrian politician has described the Holy Quran as “more dangerous than the coronavirus”! He insulted the Holy book which inspires love, rationality, altruism, resistance to the oppressors, support for the weak, and peaceful coexistence of religions.
These upsetting statements, which are the result of ignoranceor fanatical stubbornnesshave hurt the feelings of the world’s religious people, including Muslims, Christians, etc., and have once again sounded the alarm about devastatingreligious conflicts.
Condemning these strange remarks,Ahlulbayt World Assembly (a.s.), as an international organization that has hundreds of Muslim thinkers around the worldas members, draws the attention of the Austrian people and the international community to the following points:
Finally, since the politician has used the outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19) as the subject of his remarks, we emphasize that what will save the world from the virus are“scientific progress”, “social rationality”,“observing hygieneto prevent outbreak”, “saving the lives of coronavirus patients” and “helping the economically disadvantagedpeople”. Fourteen centuries ago,all of these issueswererevealed in the Holy Qur’an by Allah the Almighty to His Prophet. Examples includeVerse 11 of Surah al-Mujadelah (58:11), verse 22 of Surah Anfal (8:22), verse 168 of Surah Al-Baqarah (2:168), verse 32 of Surah Ma’idah (5:32) and verse 7 of Surah Talaq (65:7).
«بنیاد بینالمللی عاشورا» مؤسسهای غیر دولتی و غیر انتفاعی است که به منظور گسترش فرهنگ حیاتبخش و حماسهآفرین عاشورا و ایجاد جریان مستمر و پویا در حوزۀ بسط و گسترش سیرۀ حضرت امام حسین (ع) و زنده نگه داشتن فرهنگ عاشورا از سال ۱۳۹۳ هجری شمسی زیر نظر «مجمع جهانی اهل بیت (علیهمالسلام)» شروع به فعالیت کرده و سعی دارد در این راه با بهرهگیری از ابزارهای نوین علمی، پژوهشی، فرهنگی، هنری، مطبوعاتی، تبلیغاتی و فضای مجازی و با خلق آثار برجسته و نیز گسترش فعالیتها و خدمات علمی و فرهنگی و مشارکت بیش از پیش علما و اندیشمندان جهان اسلام و تشیّع گام بردارد.