Felicitations on the Day of Arafah & Eid al-Adha U.S. Soldier Killed in Northern Iraq One Injured in Shooting at Mosque in Norway BAGHDAD (Dispatches) -- A United States service OSLO (Reuters) -- One person has been injured in a member advising Iraqi security forces on a mission was shooting inside a mosque in Norway, police said on Sat- killed on Saturday in the northern Nineveh province, the urday, adding that one man had been apprehended. U.S. military said in a statement. The suspected shooter at the al-Noor Islamic Centre “One U.S. service member died today during an Iraqi near the country’s capital was described as “a young Security Force mission in Ninewah province, Iraq, while white man”, the police added. The victim was a 75-year- advising and accompanying the (Iraqi security forces) old member of the congregation, mosque director Irfan during a planned operation, the statement said. 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Today, the 9th of the sacred month of Dhu’l-Hijjah is the Day of Arafah in Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Every year, the Leader issues a India, and most of the world with the faithful engaged in prayers and supplications to God message on the occasion, giving Almighty for bestowing them “Ma’refa” or proper cognition of the dynamic teachings of Islam, the universal message of the holy Qur’an, the immortal legacy of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) guidelines on the need to uphold and his Infallible Ahl al-Bayt, and concept of the near-sacrifice of Prophet Ishmael (AS) by his the rite of Bara’ah or the “dis- father Prophet Abraham (AS) that Divine Providence ransomed with the “Great Sacrifice” (Zibhin avowal of the infidels” and unite Azeem), and thus decreed the 10th of Dhu’l-Hijjah, the climax of the annual Hajj as the glorious Muslims around the key messages Day of Eid al-Adha. of Islam. Yesterday, Saturday August 10 was marked as Day of Arafah on the plain of the same name, some “The ritual of Bara’ah which 17 km from holy Mecca by the Saudi government on the claim that the crescent was sighted a day means shunning all forms of cru- earlier in Arabia, or perhaps it was not seen at all. Anyway, some 2.5 million pilgrims from all over the world assembled around Jabal ar-Rahmah elty, oppression, vulgarity and cor- (Mount of Mercy) to observe this major ritual of the Hajj – little knowing that it was from this ruption of the tyrants of the time, hillock that Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) during his Farewell Pilgrimage delivered his famous and rising against bullying and ex- sermon saying that all mankind is from Adam and Adam is from clay and therefore none has any tortion of the haughty of the eras, claim to be superior to any other on the superfluous basis of colour of skin, language spoken, is one of the great advantages of ethnicity, social status, supposed qualifications, and geographical area, except on the grounds of Hajj, and an opportunity for the piety and sincere adherence to God’s commandments. The gist of the Messenger of Mercy’s memorable message on that day in 10 AH was the famous oppressed Muslim nations,” the Hadith Thaqalayn as recorded in the books of both Sunni and Shi’a Muslims, and which he Leader said. proclaimed in a clear tone: “Today, renouncing the front of “I am leaving behind among you the Two Weighty Things (Thaqalayn); the Book of God (holy shirk (polytheism) and kufr (disbe- Qur’an) and my progeny the Ahl al-Bayt. Hold fast to them and you will not go astray for the lief) of the arrogant powers headed two never part with each other even when they return to me at the Fountain (of Kowthar on by America means rejecting the Ayatollah Khamenei has outlined the most pressing issues of the Muslim world in his Hajj message, released on Aug. 10, 2019. Judgement Day).” killing of the oppressed, and wag- He then specified by name his Divinely-Designated successors, of whom the first was his cousin and son-in-law, Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb (AS) – the formal proclamation of whose mission as TEHRAN (Press TV) -- Leader is doomed to failure vis-a-vis the homes, farms, belongings, dignity, ing wars. Vicegerent would be made at the historic plain of Ghadir-Khom near Juhfa to a record gathering of the Islamic Revolution Ayatol- efforts and faith of the resistance and identity— has been confiscat- “It means condemning the centers of 120,000 pilgrims on the 18th of Dhu’l-Hijjah with the immortal words: “Man kunto Mowla fa lah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Satur- front,” he added. ed,” the Leader said. of terrorism such as Daesh and the hadha Aliyun Mowla” (For whomsoever I am Master this Ali is his Master). day said the “deal of the century” The “deal of the century”, a back- “This nation, with God’s assis- American Blackwater. It means Yesterday, the 88,000 Iranian pilgrims to the Hajj devotedly observed the rites of the Day of which is to be unveiled by the U.S. channel plan to allegedly reach a tance, has not surrendered to defeat the Islamic Ummah’s shouts at the Arafah on the plain of Arafah, in the footsteps of the Prophets Adam, Abraham, and others, is a crime against humanity, urging peace settlement between Israel and has not given up and today, infanticidal Zionist regime and its especially the Seal of all Messengers. backers and sponsors,” the Leader They – as well as pilgrims from other lands – recited the famous supplication for this day taught “everyone” to help defeat it. and the Palestinians, is reported they are fighting evermore passion- by the Prophet’s grandson Imam Husain (AS) – the Zibhin Azeem whose sacrifice on the 10th of “The ploy of the ‘deal of the cen- to recognize Israeli occupation of ately and braver than yesterday, but said. Muharram in the year 61 AH fulfilled the ransom that God, having ascertained the firm faith of tury’ which is being plotted by the Palestine in exchange for econom- the ultimate outcome requires as- The ritual of Bara’ah, Ayatollah Abraham, had foretold by saving Ishmael from being sacrificed. oppressive America and its trea- ic incentives. The plan has widely sistance from all Muslims.” Khamenei further said, is an op- One of the moving passages of this supplication is produced below: sonous cohorts is a crime against been rejected by the Palestinians. Ayatollah Khamenei’s mes- portunity to “condemn the war- “I affirm, my God, with the veracity of my faith, my resolute conviction, my positive profession human society, and not just the Pal- Ayatollah Khamenei described sage came as millions of Muslims mongering of America and its as- of Your Oneness, the inner depths of my consciousness, the connections of the conduits of light estinian nation,” the Leader said in Palestine as one of the most im- poured onto the plain southeast of sociates in the sensitive West Asian of my eyes, the lines on my forehead, the hollow passages of my breath, the pliable tissues of the ridge of my nose, the auditory meatuses of my ears, that upon which my lips come together and his annual Hajj message. portant issues of the Muslim world the holy city of Mecca to mark the and North African region where close, the vocal movements of my tongue, the joint of my mouth’s palate and jaw, the roots of “We are inviting everyone to ac- regardless of their sect, race, and Day of Arafat on the second day of they have brought the pain and suf- my molar teeth, the organs that facilitate the swallowing of my food and drink, the stem of my tively participate in defeating the language. the annual Hajj congregation. fering of the nations to the break- brain, the hollow passages of my neck’s cords, that which is enclosed in my breast’s cavity, the enemy’s ploy and deception and “The greatest injustice of the re- The Leader said the pilgrimage ing point and yet they bring grave vessels of the trunk of my aorta, the veins of my heart’s diaphragm, the lobes around my liver, believe that with the power and cent centuries has happened in presents an opportunity for op- tragedies on them each and every that which is contained in my ribs’ cartilage, the sockets of my joints, the contraction of my legs, strength from God, this and all Palestine. In this painful drama, pressed Muslim nations to “spread day”. the tips of my fingers, my flesh, my blood, my hair, my skin, my nerves, my windpipe, my bones, (Continued on Page 7) my brain, my veins, and all of my members, and what was woven upon them in the days of my other ploys of the imperialist front all that a nation had—their land, awareness” and denounce op- suckling, what the earth has taken away from me, my sleep, my waking, my pauses and the movements of my bowing and prostrating, that had I taken pains and striven for the duration of epochs and ages—were I to given to live that long—to deliver thanks for one of Your blessings, Iran Unveils Upgraded During Visit to Site of Mass Shooting: I would not be able to do so, except by Your favour, which would make it incumbent upon me to offer You never-ending thanks anew and to celebrate Your praise afresh.” Radar System The followers of the Ahl al-Bayt also commemorated yesterday on the Plain of Arafah, the Trump Gives Thumbs-Up martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Muslim ibn Aqeel (AS) the cousin of Imam Husain (AS) and TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- Iran es, said.