Congratulations on the Birthday of Ja’far as-Sadeq (AS) IRGC: Fight Against Global Arrogance Will Continue Iran Condemns Terrorist Attack in Vienna TEHRAN (Press TV) -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday (IRGC) on Tuesday described the fight against global arrogance as condemned a terrorist attack that killed several people in Vi- an inherent feature of the Iranian nation and a principle of the Is- enna on Monday night. lamic Revolution, saying the strategy will not be subject to change “Terrorism is condemned in any shape, and the deplorable due to any shift of power between Republicans and Democrats in the United States. “After more than 60 years of confrontation and incident in Vienna reveals once again that terrorism and ex- animosity by the domineering U.S. regime towards the Iranian peo- tremism know no boundaries,” Ministry spokesman Saeed ple with Democratic or Republican presidents at the helm of power, Khatibzadeh said. “Replacement of rationalism with promo- what stands out as an irrefutable fact, especially over the past four tion of hate and provocation would create a vicious cycle that decades, is that the U.S. arrogance and hostility towards the Is- only prepares the ground for the spread of radical and violent lamic Republic have not changed,” the IRGC said in a statement. tendencies.”

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Viewpoint Special Saeid Marouf Palestinians Dual & Diabolical Freedom Focus Award FIVB’s Protest 103rd Goes to ‘Zohal’ Player of the Anniversary of 2of Expression in France in Russia Week Balfour Declaration 3 6Ayatollah Khamenei: 8 Imam Ja’far as-Sadeq (AS), the Epitome of Islamic Unity Iran’s U.S. Policy Unaffected by Vote Result sumption that it can inflict a major By: Seyyed Shahbaz blow to the Iranian nation and gov- We continue to bask in the blessings of the birth anniversaries that we celebrate on Rabi al-Awwal 17 ernment.” that marks culmination of the Islamic Unity Week, which spans the two days of this month regarded as Ayatollah Khamenei cited Presi- the birthday of the Best of creation, Prophet Muhammad (SAWA). dent Donald Trump’s own claims According to Sunni , on the basis of the narrations of the Sahaba, who had no acquaintance with the Almighty’s Last and Greatest Messenger until he declared his universal mission of at the age about voter fraud to criticize the of 40, he was born on the 12th. vote in the United States. Shi’a Muslims, however, consider family accounts more reliable and cite the statements of the Prophet’s “If you look at their own situa- Infallible Ahl al-Bayt, saying he was born on the 17th. tion, it’s interesting to watch. The This is not a matter of dispute, as the enemies of the Prophet and Islam, surmise; rather it is a dynamic incumbent president, who is sup- factor for Islamic Unity, especially since the Prophet’s birthday happened to be the birthday 137 years later of his 6th Infallible Heir, Imam Ja’far as-Sadeq (AS), to whom all the four schools of jurisprudence posed to hold the elections, says of our Sunni brethren are indebted. this is the most-rigged U.S. elec- , an Iranian from Kabul of Zoroastrian origin admits he “would have perished if not for tion throughout history,” Ayatollah those two years of study under Imam Ja’far Sadeq (AS)”, while Malik bin Anas – a great-grandson of the Khamenei said. “Who says this? Prophet’s servant Anas bin Malik – used to say while reporting any hadith from the 6th Infallible Imam “The Thiqa (Truthful) Ja’far ibn Muhammad himself told me that…” The sitting president who is ar- Since Mohammad bin Idris Shafe’i was a student of Malik bin Anas and in turn the teacher of Ahmad ranging the elections himself. His bin Hanbal, these two other founders of Sunni schools of jurisprudence could well be called the indirect opponent says Trump intends to students of Imam Ja’far as-Sadeq (AS), who was a teacher as well of ’ the founder of the widely cheat. This is American de- Mu’tazalite school. These undeniable facts, however, do not mean the above persons have fully transmitted whatever Imam mocracy.” Sadeq (AS) taught at his famous Academy of Medina which at its peak had 4,000 students learning “Such an empire will not last different branches of and other sciences, including Jaber ibn Hayyan the Father of long. It’s obvious that when a re- Chemistry. gime reaches this point, it will not If this was the case, then they would not have dropped out of his classes – before completing the full live for much longer and will be courses – to set up schools of their own that sharply contradict each other’s personal opinions based on Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei delivers a virtual speech, on the occasion destroyed,” Ayatollah Khamenei qiyas, analogy, or guesswork regarding jurisprudential matters. of Prophet Muhammad’s birthday in Tehran, November 3, 2020. Anyway, since we are basking in the blessed anniversaries of the birth of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) said of America. “Of course, some th and Imam Ja’far as-Sadeq (AS), let us contemplate on a gem of an advice given by the 6 Imam to one of TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Leader of spies was quite appropriate “Some may think that a govern- of them if they take office will de- trusted disciples, named Abdullah bin Jundab: stroy America sooner, and some “O son of Jundab, regard him who ruptured relations with you, give him who deprived you (of his of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah and wise,” Ayatollah Khamenei ment can benefit from submit- bestowals), treat kindly him who mistreated you, greet him who reviled you, be just to him who disputed Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Tues- said, referring to the event which ting to the demands of the United others if elected will cause Ameri- with you, and pardon him who wronged you in the same way you like others to pardon you. So, take day the U.S. presidential election’s marked revolutionary students States, but the governments that ca to be destroyed a bit later.” lessons from God’s pardoning you; do you not see that His sun is covering the pious and the licentious result will not impact Tehran’s pol- storming the embassy, capturing surrendered to American bullying and His rain is falling on the virtuous and the wrongdoers?” icy towards Washington. 52 staff for an eventual 444 days. have suffered the most and their ‘France Sheltering Terrorists’ This statement speaks volumes of the dynamic spirit of Islam. It is the formula for building bridges in society so as to ensure a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere for attracting others to the universal “Our policy towards the United There have been no U.S.-Iranian troubles have only multiplied.” message of Islam. States is clearly set and does not diplomatic relations since. Ayatollah Khamenei further said The Leader also hit out at the Imam Ja’far as-Sadeq (AS), the Reviver of the Prophet’s “ wa Seerah” (practice and behaviour), change with the movement of in- Iran this year cancelled rallies the main reason for America’s en- French government’s support for needs no introduction. Born in 83 AH, 22 years after the heartrending tragedy of Karbala where his dividuals. It does not matter to us and other events marking the em- mity with the Islamic establishment the publication of offensive car- great-grandfather, Imam Husain (AS) – the grandson of the Prophet – was martyred, he spent the first toons of Prophet Muhammad dozen years of his life with his grandfather, Imam Zain al-Abedin (AS), and another 19 years with his own who comes and goes,” Ayatollah bassy seizure because of concerns is Iran’s opposition to oppressive father, Imam Muhammad al-Baqer (AS), whom he succeeded to the imamate at the age of 31 in 114 AH. Khameanei said. over the spread of the coronavirus policies of the United States and its (Peace be upon Him) under the He lived in a crucial period of history when the Godless Omayyad tyrants were on their way towards the The Leader was speaking on the which has killed about 36,000 peo- refusal to recognize the American guise of free speech, while it is dustbin of history, while the equally ungodly Abbasids were emerging as the new breed of usurpers of the anniversary of the 1979 capture of ple in the country. hegemony. providing safe haven to anti-Iran right of political leadership of the Prophet’s Ahl al-Bayt. terrorists. The first 18 years of his imamate saw the tyrannical rule of the Omayyads Hisham ibn Abdul-Malik, the U.S. embassy by Iranian stu- Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that No matter who wins the U.S. Walid II ibn Yazid II, Yazid III ibn al-Walid II, Ibrahim ibn al-Walid II, and Marwan II al-Hemar (literally dents in Tehran, which coincided the Islamic Republic’s stance to- election, this enmity will continue, What has recently transpired in the Donkey) – all of whom had no pretension to religiosity and were notorious for their open violation of with the birthday of Prophet Mu- wards the U.S. hegemony will re- the Leader predicted, saying “the France is the latest manifestation of the laws of God and the teaching of the Prophet. hammad (Peace be upon Him). main unchanged whoever wins the only way to resolve it is for the the global arrogance and Zionism’s In the next 16 years of his imamate, the Prophet’s Successor shouldered a graver responsibility. First, “The students’ attack on this den election. other side to lose hope in the as- (Continued on Page 7) after the overthrow of the Omayyads, there was the offer of caliphate by one of the victorious generals of the uprising, and the Imam whose authority was God-given, burned the sealed envelope of the offer in the flame of a lamp. Imam Sadeq (AS), whose own God-given authority as Heir of the Prophet’s historical proclamation of Chaos, Anxiety as Amid Inhuman U.S. Sanctions: the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb (AS) as the Divinely-designated Vicegerent, was beyond the grasp of any usurper, desisted from any rash decision when one of the victorious commanders of the anti-Omayyad uprising sent him a letter offering the caliphate. Americans Vote Diabetic Patients Fight for The Imam coolly burned the sealed letter in the light of a lamp because he knew that a caliphate which WASHINGTON (AP) — After in a number of battleground is offered by someone else than God is not legitimate authority, as was the case with the scandalous gathering of Saqifa Bani Sa’dah in Medina when a deviant group selected a caliph from themselves after a campaign marked by rancour states, had a narrower but still Their Lives in Iran a fist fight amongst themselves, while the Prophet’s rightful heir, Imam Ali (AS), was busy in the funerary and fear, Americans on Tuesday feasible road to clinch 270 seminary of the Seal of Messengers. decide between President Donald Electoral College votes. Con- TEHRAN (Middle East Eye) -- A companies to punitive measures by Once an Iranian chieftain from Khorasan, named Sahl bin Hassan came to Medina and asked Imam Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, trol of the Senate was at stake, new tranche of sanctions imposed by Ja’far Sadeq (AS), as to why he wasn’t actively fighting for his denied political right of leadership, in Washington. spite of the truth being on his side, when there were thousands of supporters ready to fight with him. selecting a leader to steer a nation too: Democrats needed to net the U.S. on Iran has exacerbated the Meanwhile, human rights advo- The Imam asked him to sit down and wait. In the meantime, a servant came and was asked by the Imam battered by a surging pandemic three seats if Biden captured the insulin shortage crisis in the Islamic cates have warned about the dev- whether the fire had been kindled. On receiving the reply in the affirmative, the Imam took Sahl bin that has killed more than 231,000 White House to gain control of Republic and boosted its smuggling, astating consequences of the lat- Hassan with him and went to the oven. The fire was blazing red. The Imam turned to Sahl and told him to people, cost millions their jobs all of Washington for the first patients and doctors told Middle est sanctions on the daily lives of jump into it. Sahl trembled and begged forgiveness. At this moment, Haroun al-Makki, a devoted follower of the Ahl al-Bayt came, and was told by the Imam to jump into the oven. Haroun leapt into blaze without and reshaped daily life. time in a decade. The House East Eye. Iranians, including blocking their a second thought. Nearly 100 million Americans was expected to remain under On October 8, the U.S. Treasury access to essential drugs and food. The Imam then turned to Sahl bin Hassan, and as if nothing unusual had happened, started to brief him voted early, and now it falls to Democratic control. announced that it was blacklisting Insulin supply has been particu- about the circumstances prevailing in Khorasan, while the eyes and the mind of the Iranian chieftain Election Day voters to finish the Voters braved long lines and 18 major Iranian banks, effectively larly affected by the latest sanc- were occupied with the fate of the person who had jumped into the oven . After a while, the Imam took job, ending a campaign that was the threat of the virus to cast Sahl toward the oven to show him what had transpired for Haroun al-Makki. To his surprise, Sahl saw cutting Tehran off from the interna- tions. Haroun al-Makki sitting cross legged safe and sound in the blazing oven without being scorched or upended by the coronavirus and ballots as they chose between tional financial system. “It has been a year since insulin scalded by the fire. defined by tensions over who two starkly different visions of The move defied European allies pens have disappeared from all Imam Sadeq (AS) asked the Iranian chieftain as to how many of his followers in Khorasan were like could best address it. Each can- America for the next four years. who warned it would limit Teh- pharmacies,” Niloofar Zolfaghari, Haroun al-Makki. Sahl replied: “No one O Master”. didate declared the other funda- The record-setting early vote — ran’s ability to purchase humani- a journalist who has been desper- In the social and jurisprudential fields, it was thus prudence on the part of Imam Sadeq (AS) that saved Islam and the Sharia’h of the Prophet of Islam from suffering the fate of Prophet Jesus’ mission that was mentally unfit to lead a nation and legal skirmishing over how tarian imports amid a worsening ately looking for insulin pens for completely distorted by Paul the Jew to become Christianity as it is known today. grappling with COVID-19 and it will be counted — drew un- currency crisis and the coronavirus her ailing father, told Middle East In the intellectual fields, the Imam revolutionized sciences and academic learning to students from the facing foundational questions supported allegations of fraud pandemic. Eye. various parts of the Islamic World – Asia, Africa and Europe – learning various disciplines, including about racial justice and eco- from Trump, who refused to European nations have opposed a “But in the past few weeks, things jurisprudence, hadith, ethics, theology, rhetoric, and exegesis of the holy Qur’an, as well as natural sciences such as physics, chemistry, medicine, astronomy, mathematics, botany, etc. nomic fairness. guarantee he would honor the blanket sanctioning of Iran’s finan- have worsened as we can’t even Thus, Imam Ja’far Sadeq (AS), during his 34-year mission as the Righteous Heir of the Prophet of Islam, Biden entered Election Day election’s result. cial sector because it exposes Eu- find anything in the black market bequeathed to the seekers of truth the jurisprudence known as “ al-Ja’fari”, which is actually the with multiple paths to victory Fighting to the end for every ropean banks that do business with to buy,” she added. pure and pristine Shari’a of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA). while Trump, playing catch-up (Continued on Page 7) the blacklisted banks and other (Continued on Page 7)