Shia Studies for New Generation | Annual Ghadeer Conference 2026 | IARC | Saiyed Ayatollah Kashmiri

[00:00:00]I mentioned that we have Sayyid's Sayyid's Baqir Kashmiri here a representative of Imam and so we would be honored if he said a few words on this auspicious occasion.

[00:00:11]>> Sometimes you face individuals you can't say no to them. One of them is Dr. Zaidi.

[00:00:19]>> [sighs] >> So, one time she asked me to recite Quran.

[00:00:24]Who can say no?

[00:00:26]I'm writing a few words.

[00:00:28]Inshallah will be few words and not too long.

[00:00:39]First of all, congratulations on the Ghadir event.

[00:00:53]And at the same time I would like to offer my condolences to all of you in losing Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Ishaq al-Fayyadh in Najaf today which is a great honor that a scholar of that caliber he ends his life, his journey, journey of ilm, research after years and years and he is one of the most important students of late Ayatollah Sayyid al-Khoei. He ends He ended his journey uh in this great day the day of wilaya, day of Eid al-Ghadir.

[00:01:33]Please, 1 minute. Recite Surat al-Fatiha for his soul.

[00:01:49]So, again as just said a few words, I'm not going to give a speech here but I want to bring a few things to attention and think about it a bit.

[00:02:04]Bringing Shiism Islamic thoughts through Ahlul Bayt alayhis salam school of thought to the Western academia, it is not only important, but also essential and needed.

[00:02:22]As we move forward, we see the connection between academic academia and the similarities is highly important and growing.

[00:02:35]As you see the others here or the the title they mentioned from Hilla to Hyderabad, two big hubs, Shia hubs in the history. We have such a great legacy. Inshallah, with your support, collaboration, cooperation, and devoting their times and life like Dr. Kamali and his colleagues, Inshallah, we will see one day some other people, specifically new generation, they title this from Najaf, from Qom to the United States, Inshallah.

[00:03:18]The bigotry can't start with nothing. It start with the small and tiny seeds. And alhamdulillah, these seeds came by the vision of late Marhoom Dr. Mahmoud Ayoub, who I met him in 2013, and he was talking and he was working day and night to make this happen and to bring this to life. Alhamdulillah, today we see it. But still, we need more support, more collaboration to make it more beneficial, Inshallah.

[00:03:51]Thank you, Dr. Kamali. Thank you, everyone, for this opportunity. I'm here not to give a speech. I'm here just to attend, to show my support, and at what level we can support, Inshallah, we'll be supportive. Wassalam Alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.