Announced by his eminence’s office:
You are the backbone of the Muslims and their protector; may Allah protect you and prolong your life. We pray for your well-being and ask Allah to grant you a long life
In a meeting with the members of the Wikishia policy committee:
We can defeat the enemies by our thought and logic.
His eminence’s meeting with some of the participants of the Conference on the “Muhibbin (Lovers) of the Ahl-al-Bayt (ʿa)”
In order for the unity of Muslims to be strong, all Muslim schools must respect each other’s sanctities. We, as Muslims, will not allow Shias to insult what Sunnis hold sacred and we will not allow Sunnis to insult what Shias hold sacred; no Muslim school of thought is allowed to insult the sanctities of other schools.
In his meeting with the director and a number of students of the Academy of Islamic Sciences in Germany:
It is quite pleasing to know that such a center is active in Germany, that is to say at the heart of Europe, and a number of our brothers and sisters are busy there studying Islamic sciences. We hope that such centers are also established in other areas and they expand their activities in scope.
Stated by his eminence in his meeting with the Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister:
‘I remember two of his remarks from last year’s meeting; the first sentence was that terrorism has turned in to an unsolvable problem for Europe’; however, we believe that there are no problems which cannot be solved. In order to eliminate this problem, the following three steps must be taken: first, the ideological roots of terrorism must be destroyed, second, political negotiations must be conducted, and third, those who are guilty of committing acts of terrorism must be brought to justice. Only by following these three guidelines will the problem of terrorism be definitely eliminated.
His eminence in a meeting with a number of Shia clerics from Argentina:
You should pay extra attention to the youth in your region; today, the enemies are working at their full capacity to lead the youth astray and lead them towards indecencies and corrupt beliefs. However, we can protect the youth by means of the Islamic culture and teachings.
Stated by his eminence in his meeting with the chairman of People’s Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia:
We are ready for any kind of cooperation with our Muslim Indonesian friends/our Indonesian brothers must be careful about the spread of Takfiri Wahhabism in their country; today, Indonesia enjoys a state of security and peace.
Stated by his eminence in a meeting with a group of French thinkers:
The way that Iran and the Revolution of the Iranian people are being depicted in the Western media is very different from the reality that you have witnessed with your own eyes. It is a mistake to base your judgments about Iran on the propaganda of the Media whose sole occupation is the spread of Islamophobia and Iraniphobia.
Announced by the website of his eminence’s office:
The duty of all religious scholars and Islamic seminaries is to engage in intellectual and scientific confrontation with the Wahhabis; we need to prove to everyone that the Wahhabis are the agents of the enemies of Islam and that their ideas are anti-Islamic in nature.
Stated by Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi on a meeting with the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
I hope that with your trip to Iran our two religious centers will have better connections. We are glad to see that you place such an importance on peace and justice and that you have a department for the promotion of justice and peace.
His eminence in his meeting with the Head of the Yemeni Scholars Association:
The world knows that the innocent people of Yemen have been harshly oppressed by the Saudi invaders. However, the Saudis’ petrodollars have influenced and silenced the political leaders of the world as well as the responsible international organizations.
His eminence in his meeting with the Secretary General of the WFPIST:
We have enemies who seek to hinder our progress and the spread of Islam in the world, but they will not succeed in doing so.
Stated by his eminence in a meeting with the Turkish President of Religious Affairs:
Takfiris spill the blood of Muslims and destroy the infrastructures of Muslim countries. The enemies have pitted Muslims against one another, and now they are watching this and enjoy it.
Announced by his eminence’s office:
Referring to the danger posed by the Takfir groups to the entire Muslim world, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi stated that the complete eradication of this danger is possible only through intellectual and scientific confrontation with the Takfir ideology and that this requires a more active role to be played by mass media in this regard.
His eminence in his meeting with the Jordanian Minister of Awqāf and Islamic Affairs:
Takfirism originates from a distorted and deviated school of thought. It is the responsibility of the Muslim scholars to eradicate the roots of this kind of ideology.
In his meeting with converts to the School of Ahlul Bayt ('a):
If someone looks from the outside, the group that believes in reason is more acceptable. At the same time, the Qur’an is for those whom have reason, 70 verses of the book are about the people of reason.
Ayatullah Makarem Shirazi:
We are not against technology however western technologies are like muddy unhygienic water. Water is the source of life yet when it is dirty it must be refined.
In his meeting with the e x e c u t ers of “the Dangers of the Takfiri Currents” conference, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi:
The Islamic World is experiencing one of its most critical situations in its 1400-year-old history. The enemies of Islam, in all Muslim countries, have set the fire of war between Muslim brothers as the blood of Muslims is shed by people who pretend to be Muslims.”
His eminence in a meeting with Latin American Parliament Members:
Our country was under the hegemony of oppressors and no one would believe that we could free ourselves, however Imam Khumaini (r) decided to make a move, therefore, trusting in God and being supported by people, he managed to succeed.
In a meeting with American Political and Cultural Activists Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi:
It is wrong to think Muslims or a country like Iran have a plan to use Atomic or Chemical bombs because WMDs are incompatible with the principles and commands of Islam.
In his meeting with Sunni Scholars and Researchers, Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi:
It’s not surprising if anyone cries for what Islam and Muslims are going through these days. The enemies have caused friction amongst the Muslims and watch them fighting each other.
In a meeting with the Secretary General of the ICRC
Whenever we hear that one of Red Cross or Red Crescent’s men have been kidnapped or killed, we become very irritated. This shows that unfortunately, human moral has decreased to such a point that they harm people who have come to their own aid.
Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi in a meeting held with a group of participants in the Conference of Unity:
If Muslim scholars and leaders sit and discuss together, and Islamic nations j o i n hands against this threat and resist against this group, they can take effective steps especially against the puppet rulers.
Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi in a meeting with the Secretary General of the WFPIST:
Wherever the Takfiri Wahhabism has stepped, it brought nothing but damage and massacres. Since the first day of Human Creation, no crime has happened similar to the crimes they are committing.
Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi in a meeting with the German Ambassador in Iran:
After the Islamic Revolution, Iran has achieved the true independence and if others do not prevent us, we will have a government more powerful than now.
Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi in a meeting with the head of the AEOI:
Unfortunately, some governments have illusions about Iran, the U.S. government is influenced by the Congress, and the Congress is also affected by the Zionist Regime and maybe they do not want any agreement to be reached.
Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi visiting professors of Kyoto University, Japan:
Unfortunately, the Western political issues sometimes cause us to be far apart. The enemy’s false propaganda against Iran an Japan make us to be far apart from each other
Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi in a meeting with a group of Ahlussuna scholars
Our enemies disunite Muslims. They arm Muslims and sit aside and watch them keeling each other and tear their own countries down
