According to the reporter of the Israa information site: the scientific meeting "examining the methods of transferring the teachings of Islam to the West" with the presence of Hojjat al-Islam and Muslims, Dr. Razavi Rad, the head of the Hamburg Institute of Humanities and Islamic Sciences, and a group of researchers from the Ma'araj Institute of Revelation Sciences in the conference hall of the International Foundation The revelations of captives were held.
In this meeting of Hojjat al-Islam and Muslimeen, Dr. Razavi Rad, in his speech describing the intellectual atmosphere and thoughts ruling the West, stated: Since the middle of the 19th century, the West shifted its approach from the dialogue between different ideas to the dialogue between the output of ideas. This change of approach has caused us to face a phenomenon called "silent propaganda" in the West today, which means that the West, with its lifestyle and achievements, is actually promoting its ideas in the world.
He continued: However, the western man today is not completely satisfied with his current situation because the west has made a fundamental mistake in defining human needs. Unfortunately, the West has ignored a major part of human needs, which are spiritual needs, so if we can invest in this sector, we can have a proud and active presence in the Western society.
The head of the Humanities and Islamic Sciences Institute of Hamburg admitted: Today, Western man is suffering from the lack of response to a significant part of his human and spiritual needs, and the rich school of Islam, especially the Qom seminary, and deep schools of thought such as the school of thought of Ayatollah Azami Javadi Ameli can play a major role in this situation, provided that we can present this idea to the world in a smooth and not complicated way.
Hojjat al-Islam wa al-Muslimin Dr. Razavi Rad added: Today, in the world of Islam and the Shia religion and in the discourse style of Shia scholars, we are facing the phenomenon of "complicated speech" that prevents the message from being conveyed to the audience. Complexity is one of the plagues of transmitting thoughts to others, because today's people have neither the time for complexities nor the patience for complicated words, so we should be able to present Islam to people the way the beloved Prophet of Islam used to present it.
He stated that "the most fluent way of conveying thoughts to the people is through behavior" and clarified: Without a doubt, you will find very rare cases in history when people had arguments and protests with the Prophet (PBUH) and after hearing the arguments The Prophet surrendered and believed, instead there are many people who liked and were attracted to him after observing the life style and behavior of the Prophet. And the character of his life in the primitive society of that day made even the worst people of that time come to the conclusion that he is, in the truest sense of the word, a good person who can be trusted, can do business with and not have to worry, can be with him. The political brotherhood was close and he was not worried and... and all these were gathered in the word "Amin" to the point where they no longer called him by his real name and called him "Mohammed Amin". "Muhammad Amin" means someone who you feel relaxed when you are next to him, and when you feel relaxed, you go after a thought that has been able to have such an outcome, and therefore forty years of successful lifestyle of the beloved Prophet of Islam before Ba'ath makes the minds realize how we can be the repetition of this person and live like him and they look for the theoretical support of that behavior, style and conduct of life.
The head of the Humanities and Islamic Sciences Institute of Hamburg stressed: In today's global society, we need more than words, behavioral logic and behavior that can be defended rationally and fluently; That is, the same understandable and psychological definition of Islam that the Prop
het himself provides, which defines Islam with two characteristics, "Samha" and "Sahlah", this type of view of religious understanding should be seriously considered in our society and seminaries. take
He pointed out: We have sometimes intentionally or unintentionally gone towards the "privatization" of Islam. "Privatization" is one of the serious pests of religious thought. Privatization means that I directly or indirectly let others know that understanding Islam is not so easy! This is not in harmony with what the Prophet introduced about Islam.
He said: Western man is not satisfied with his life despite enjoying a lot of prosperity and technology, he does not feel calm and thirsty, this emptiness has caused him to take a look outside the thinking of modernism to reach the alternatives in the world. that we could ride this wave and conquer many intellectual and cultural strongholds of the West in the past four decades, but unfortunately no serious and effective steps have been taken in this field, during the past four decades we have not been able to meet the needs of the West in the West, while the world's expectation from us was that considering the facilities and opportunities that were provided to us thanks to the blood of the martyrs in these four decades, today Qom Seminary can at least bring the elements of this thought to the world. supply
Hojjat al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen Dr. Razavi Rad admitted: We must look for new tools and pulpits to present pure Shiite thought in the world, and this is one of the necessities of being present in the context of intellectual and cultural developments, limiting Islamic thought to the land, geography and audience. It is special and cruel to this thought. But if we want to have a global presence, we must find global thought and understanding so that we can think globally, so if we can reach a conclusion that we should prepare ourselves in terms of hardware and software, and on the other hand, we can define a suitable mechanism. Let's prevent cultural institutions from colluding and working in parallel
Then we will be able to have a better presence in the cultural and civilizational arena of the West