Shaikh EL-Kerbalai calls the political parties to maintain the national unity & judiciary independence

28-Dec-2012. Second part of the Friday sermon held in the Imam Hussein holy shrine, the representative of the supreme religious authority and the preacher of Friday sermon in Kerbala city his Eminence Shaikh Abdul Mahdy EL-Kerbalai called the debating political parties for appealing to a legal decision from the constitution and communicating considerately; regarding the public interest. He also mentioned that, "The sensitive situations Iraq going through recently need all people to function according to the important principles; and in the forefront of them is the call for implementing the important rules, the judiciary sentences and keeping it independent. Also, it calls all the political parties for maintaining the national unity, social fabric, and keeping our country away from the Political bickering and enticements".The second focus of the second sermon, his Eminence discussed what the satellite channels broadcast of very grievous images about many Iraqi families especially in Baghdad, those who suffered from the floods of heavy rain that killed many citizens because of some subsidences happened in some people's buildings and houses, those buildings and houses are not well conditioned for difficult weather circumstances. He also said that, "What our country has witnessed during the wave of rain calls the government agencies for forming a committee includes all the concerned service agencies to make the best plans possible to get rid of such crises. There must be an exceptional care for such a phenomenon by improving the infrastructure and ensuring services".The third focus of the second sermon, his Eminence also indicated the patients' traveling abroad for treatment, and called for forming specialized committees to take care of the affairs of those patients, as well as he directed the government agencies to care for this field, encourage investment in the health side and quicken implementing medical projects. EL-Kerbalai concluded by giving some recommendations to the pilgrims in which he emphasized the necessity of being obligated to perform the prayer at its exact time. He also called the directors of the Husseinia processions and leagues for not wasting or squandering food, and behaving according to the best level of morals needed for performing the pilgrimage. Also, mentioned avoiding prohibited acts such as leering or illegal communication, and refrain from backbiting or talebearing, then affirmed that female pilgrims must be chaste, and maintain their scarves, then said, "We hope that our brother and sister pilgrims keep the public properties well because these properties are for all people; and keeping them is a great sign of being fully aware and well educated as every pilgrim should be". By: Mohammed Jassim

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