Tehran, May 23: Grand Ayatollah Makarem has pointed that the reason behind the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran “was not merely aimed at holding Friday prayers and fasting.”
Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi said “doing these duties is just one part of our goals.”
“Islam considers all aspects of human life and is looking forward to improving the intellectual and scientific sectors,” the grand Ayatollah underlined.
He said Iran’s progress in owed to Islam, saying that “As we have observed, Islam caused Iran to progress in the scientific realms.
“Science is a double edged sword and if it is used based on Islamic rules and instructions, it’ll make our universities follow Islamic codes,” the seminary instructor expressed.
“If this double edged sward is used based on wrong western culture, it leads our universities to secularism,” said Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi stating that,” So we must endeavor to eschew from penetration of negative aspects of western cultures in our Islamic sciences.”
“Western countries embed their wrong cultures in our books subtly and the sciences should be filtered,” the grand Ayatollah said.
Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi underlined, “science does not belong to a specific country, so our students can obtain it where ever they are.”
“But this process should be in the way that does not divert our students from the right passes,” the grand Ayatollah added.
—Agencies