Tehran, YJC. The Grand Ayatollah says that no force must be used to integrate Islam into people’s lifestyle.
A leading scholar of the Qom Seminary of Islamic Teachings Grand
Ayatollah Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardabili in a meeting with representatives of the President-elect
held in his office on Saturday evening asserted "The fact is not closed to
anyone that all, inside and abroad, are happy for the election of Hojatoleslam Rouhani.
I do not think, and do not know of, anyone who would object to that and say it
would have been better if somebody else were elected.”
He then said "It is necessary that Islam is introduced into the texture everybody’s
life and that all be interested in Islam. I hope that with a cleric as President
that would come about.”
"Of course it does not mean to torture and incarcerate people, religion
must rather be promoted in the proper way,” he asserted.
Ayatollah Ardabili also pointed out that there exist many problems that
must be raised, adding "All know that the country’s economy is paralyzed and we
are under economic pressure and prices are heavy. But there are other problems
as well, of which people are ignorant, and which I think would better be
disclosed to people so that expectations addressing the government do not
surpass its abilities.”
The high-ranking Seminary teacher said "Authorities must lay grounds for
releasing the prisoners as they know best. They must act regarding the traumata
in an expedient way.”