By Nasser Kigwangallah
ON
June 3rd, 1989, Ayatullah Imam Khomeini passed away peacefully at the age of 87.
Muslims
across the globe pour into mosques and other places of worship to mourn Imam
Khomeini's death.
Similarly,
every year, millions of Tanzania Muslims across the country pay tribute to the late
leader, who was not the leader of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
but the world over.
In
Dar es Salaam, the capital and commercial metropolitan of Tanzania, Muslims
also gathered on Tuesday 4th June, 2013 at the Centre for Foreign
Relations famously known as ‘Chuo cha Diplomasia Kurasini’ to pay tribute to
this great leader who inspired the entire world through his philosophical thinking.
Many
renowned Muslim leaders and diplomatic officials gave inspiring speeches in
honour of Ayatullah Khomeini.
Speaking
on the occasion, His Excellency Mahdi Agha Jafari, the honourable ambassador of
the Islamic Republic of Iran said the anniversary of Imam Khomeini’s death,
widely is recognized as the symbol of the Islamic Revolution, is commemorated
in many countries all over the globe as well.
He said, according to many western philosophical thinkers Imam Khomeini was named ‘Man of the Year’ in 1979 by American newsmagazine TIME for his international influence and has been described as the "virtual face of Islam in Western popular culture.”
He said, according to many western philosophical thinkers Imam Khomeini was named ‘Man of the Year’ in 1979 by American newsmagazine TIME for his international influence and has been described as the "virtual face of Islam in Western popular culture.”
He
added that Islamic revolution of Iran is the most prominent and most profound
of Iran’s contemporary social phenomenon.
‘This
metamorphosis became matrix of expanded political, social and cultural
development inside Iran and indeed its achievements were witnessed as far as regionally
and internationally as well,” he said.
Ambassador
Jafari added that as a matter of fact, the Islamic revolution of Iran is the
last role of Iranian’s Muslim nation in its ancient ups and downs history to be
delivered to the contemporary history and civilization.
He
remarked: “Today, we mark the 24th anniversary of Imam Khomeini’s
demise. He was the great leader of the Islamic revolution and founder of the
Islamic Republic of Iran.”
He
said by his death, the entire world missed the one of the greatest men in
history of human being.
His
role was felt not by Muslims alone, but the entire world as well.
Giving
historical background of Imam Khomeini, he said on 3rd June, 1963 Imam made a
historical speech against the dependence of the Shah's regime on foreign powers
and its support of Israel.
He
also exhorted Ulema’s role in society was to eliminate evil doing and people to
become upright in their deeds.
According
to him, Imam Khomeini wrote a number of books on various subjects such as ethics,
mysticism, jurisprudence, principles, politics and social issues, many of them
have so far been published.
In
addition to his scientific works, Imam Khomeini has rewritten a number of
unpublished treatises by other learned men. Some of the works of Imam, are
written in a specialized manner the understanding of which, is not possible
without help by the exegesis of the experts in those lines, other works are
written in a more simple style.
“The entire world is full of miseries, problems and
challenges which must be tackled by a devoted personality and this was
Ayatullah Khomeini, whom we have gathered here to commemorate,” Sabouri said.
He said in the midst of this situation, we see that the
Middle East has a very important role to play in shaping the entire world.
That is why Iran has played that role of shaping the
whole of Middle East through its revolution.
“We cherish Imam Khomeini for his role he played to
shape the geo-political situation of the Middle East and the Arab uprising is a
good testimony of this,” he said.
Sheikh Alli Bassaleh, the grand Imam of Idrisa Mosque
situated at Kariakoo in down town Dar es Salaam castigated the western imperialists’
countries for their hypocrisy and double standards on Iran’s nuclear technology.
He said these countries have nuclear arsenals among
themselves, including the Zionist regime of Israel, but they keep mum, and see
Iran as a threat.
“This is stupidity and we condemn any aggression on
Iran. Keep away from Iranian activities. Instead you should censor Israel first
for having nuclear weapons. The Islamic nation has the same right to acquire
them,” he said.
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