🔴 Europe: From “Civilizational Decline” to “Harj al-Rum”?

✍️ Mostafa Amiri

🔻 There is a particularly striking phrase in the U.S. strategic document.

The U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) states that “Europe is on the path toward civilizational decline”: civilizational erasure.

▪️ Do you know what this means? According to the statistics being cited, with the growth of Muslim immigration, if no measures are taken, Europe will be called the “Continent of Islam” in the coming years, and Western civilization will be erased.

▪️ Now put this alongside Europe being drawn into confrontation with Russia through the proxy battlefield in Ukraine. Do you see the bigger picture?

Yes—the large Muslim population of Europe could be exposed to the danger of nuclear war.

▪️ If Europe is already on the path toward civilizational decline, then why not let it be destroyed through war and undergo another reset?

▪️ My concern is that Europe may be “sacrificed.” I hope this does not happen.

There are motives as well. Look at the channel’s previous posts—the U.S. strategic document as well as statements by Israeli leaders.

▪️ We should also not forget the concept and alleged grand project of “Harj al-Rum.”

🔻 Will Europe, which has already experienced two world wars, descend into chaos for a third time?

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🔴 On the Occasion of the 9th of Rabiʿ al-Awwal / “Eid al-Zahra” Celebrations — and the Response of the Imam of the Mahdi’s Honored Father

✍️ Mostafa Amiri

🔻 Are some of the practices carried out by Shiites during the celebrations of Eid al-Zahra, supposedly in celebration of Lady Fatima, actually in accordance with what the Imams taught?

Let us listen to the words of the father of the Imam of the Mahdi, Imam Hasan al-Askari, and hear his answer:

«أوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَ الْوَرَعِ فِي دِينِكُمْ وَ الِاجْتِهَادِ لِلَّهِ وَ صِدْقِ الْحَدِيثِ وَ أَدَاءِ الْأَمَانَةِ إِلَى مَنِ ائْتَمَنَكُمْ مِنْ بَرٍّ أَوْ فَاجِرٍ وَ طُولِ السُّجُودِ وَ حُسْنِ الْجِوَارِ فَبِهَذَا جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ»

(I advise you to have God-consciousness and piety in your religion, to strive for the sake of God, to speak truthfully, to fulfill the trust entrusted to you—whether by a righteous person or a wrongdoer—and to prostrate for long periods and be good neighbors. This is the message that Muhammad brought.)

Pray in the mosques of the Sunnis, attend their funerals, visit their sick, and respect their rights. For when one of you is pious in his religion, truthful in his speech, trustworthy, and treats other people with good character, they will say:

«صَلُّوا فِي عَشَائِرِهِمْ وَ اشْهَدُوا جَنَائِزَهُمْ وَ عُودُوا مَرْضَاهُمْ وَ أَدُّوا حُقُوقَهُمْ فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ مِنْكُمْ إِذَا وَرِعَ فِي دِينِهِ وَ صَدَقَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَ أَدَّى الْأَمَانَةَ وَ حَسَّنَ خُلُقَهُ مَعَ النَّاسِ قِيلَ هَذَا شِيعِيٌّ»

(Pray among their communities, attend their funerals, visit their sick, and fulfill their rights. For when a man among you is pious in his religion, truthful in his speech, fulfills his trusts, and treats people with good character, it is said: “This is a Shiite.”)

These are the things that make me happy. Now compare them with the actions of some Shiites during these days on the occasion of the 9th of Rabiʿ al-Awwal, Rafʿ al-Qalam, and similar practices.

Be conscious of God. Be a source of honor and beauty for us, not a source of shame. Strive to attract the love of all people toward us and keep every form of ugliness away from us:

«فَيَسُرُّنِي ذَلِكَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ كُونُوا زَيْناً وَ لَا تَكُونُوا شَيْناً جُرُّوا إِلَيْنَا كُلَّ مَوَدَّةٍ وَ ادْفَعُوا عَنَّا كُلَّ قَبِيح»

(This makes me happy. So be conscious of God, be an adornment for us and do not be a source of shame. Attract every kind of affection toward us and keep every kind of ugliness away from us.)

🔻 Therefore, practices such as wearing red clothing on the 9th of Rabiʿ al-Awwal and insulting the sacred beliefs of other schools of Islam—especially in the age of technology, when anything you do can quickly go viral on social media—are not at all endorsed by the infallible Imam. And beware that such actions could contribute to the shedding of the blood of other Shiites in different parts of the world.

Likewise, the renowned mystic Ayatollah Bahjat strongly warned against attending such gatherings.

🔻 Ayatollah Bahjat said:

“It may happen that statements, actions, and scenes from the celebrations of the 9th of Rabiʿ al-Awwal are photographed, and these actions may cause distress, harm, or even the killing of Shiites in other countries. In such a case, if even one drop of their blood is shed, we will have caused it or become accomplices in the crime.” [2]

✅ References:

1. Tuhaf al-ʿUqul, p. 487.
2. https://bahjat.ir/fa/content/10517

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🌙 Do not abandon the Night Prayer (Salat al-Layl), for it brings countless blessings—both in this world and in the Hereafter.

It is said:

“If someone performs the Night Prayer and the next day says, ‘I have remained hungry,’ then he is lying—unless he was fasting. For Allah has guaranteed his sustenance.”

Of course, contentment (Qanā‘ah) is a treasure from which no one can ever be free of need.

🌺 Ayatollah Bahjat (may Allah have mercy on him)
📕 Hadith of Longing, p. 213

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🌿 Professor Muhammad Legenhausen

“My Conversion to Islam Is a Complicated Story for Those Who Engage in Religious Outreach”

I was born into a Catholic Christian family in the United States. I began my education at a Catholic school, but I always had questions and doubts about Christianity. I remember that during high school, I came to the conclusion that Jesus Christ was not God, and I also could not accept the doctrine of the Trinity as it was taught to me.

📌 Published: February 5, 2016
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According to Rahyafte—a comprehensive platform dedicated to Islamic missionaries and converts—Professor Muhammad Legenhausen came to Iran after converting to Shiism. Following his studies at religious and academic institutions in Qom, he has continued teaching in Iran’s academic circles. He was also recognized as an outstanding figure at the 8th Conference of Distinguished Figures of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

🎙️ Could you tell us a little about your birthplace, upbringing, and the environment in which you grew up?

I was born in 1953 (1332 in the Iranian calendar) into a Catholic Christian family in the United States. I began my education at a Catholic school, but I always had questions and doubts about Christianity.

I remember that during high school I came to the conclusion that Jesus Christ was not God, and I could not accept the Trinity in the way it was being taught. Nevertheless, I still considered myself a Christian.

Later, I attended the State University of New York at Albany. While studying there, I gradually lost my interest in Christianity and eventually became an atheist.

I remained in that state until I was accepted into a master's program at a university in Texas. After graduating, I began teaching at Texas Southern University.

There, I met a number of Muslim students from different Islamic countries, including Iran, Lebanon, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Nigeria.

I found their perspectives on various issues very interesting. I felt that they approached religion in a way that I had never experienced before. This encouraged me to investigate further.

The university authorities had given me the freedom to choose a subject that I wanted to teach. I chose Philosophy of Religion and taught it for two semesters. At the same time, I studied the major world religions together with my students.

Gradually, through these classes, I became more interested in Islam, until eventually I accepted Islam.

🎙️ Could you explain more about how you became a Muslim? What led you to accept Islam, and what was your emotional and psychological state at the time?

For those involved in religious outreach, my conversion to Islam is a complicated story, because academic, emotional, and many other factors were involved.

While I was teaching at Texas Southern University, I became acquainted with an Iranian student named Akbar Noujheh-Dehi. He was taking my Introduction to Philosophy course.

One day, Akbar stopped attending my class for about two weeks. I happened to see him at the university and asked him why he was absent.

He told me:

“Our people in Iran have made a revolution, and I think it is very important that the students here have accurate information about it. I felt that I needed to introduce them to this revolution, so I haven't been able to attend class.”

I agreed that this was important, but I also reminded him that he still had to study for the course!

We made an arrangement: I would take responsibility for introducing the Iranian Revolution to the students, and he would return to his studies.

After that, we became friends and did various things together.

Eventually, he graduated and returned to Iran. Later, I heard that he had gone to the front during the Iran-Iraq War and had been martyred.

Akbar and I often discussed his beliefs. He was an excellent student and spoke very sincerely. He had strong religious convictions and had no doubts about his faith.

It took approximately three years from the time I met Akbar until I became a Muslim.

During that period, I began visiting mosques and talking with Muslims. Gradually, I came to understand more of the attractions of Islam.

Initially, my goal was purely academic. I was curious about how Muslims thought. But the more I studied Islam, the more interested I became in it—almost unintentionally.

I learned how to pray and would sometimes perform the prayer. I especially enjoyed congregational prayer.

However, I still had not formally recited the Shahadah.

Then, one day, after Friday prayer, several African-American Muslims approached me in the mosque parking lot. They wanted to get to know me and asked about how I had become acquainted with Islam.

While speaking with them, I recited the Shahadah and formally became a Muslim.

I began to cry.

They were extremely happy, and that very day they asked me to become their prayer leader (imam). We agreed to work together more closely.

Later, with their cooperation, we established a Muslim association at Texas Southern University.

Most of the members of that group were Sunni Muslims. But from the beginning, I had no doubt that I would eventually become a Shiite Muslim. I had already read Nahj al-Balagha, and I had decided that I would either accept Shiite Islam or remain without religion.

🎙️ Why did you recite the Shahadah and formally become a Muslim after meeting those African-American Muslims? Did something special happen at that moment?

No. It did not happen all at once.

I had already thought extensively about Islam. However, meeting those American Muslims encouraged me to take the final step.

Before meeting them, I was already on the threshold of becoming a Muslim and had become very close to Islam.

Their sincerity impressed me. I found their devotion very appealing, and their meeting with me encouraged me to accept Islam and drew me even closer to the faith.

🇮🇷 After formally accepting Islam, what changes occurred in your daily life? And how did you decide to come to Iran?

The number of Muslim students at the university had increased, and as a result, I had some disagreements with university administrators.

They wanted me to work in university administration and become involved in paperwork and management. I only wanted to teach.

So I decided to come to Iran.

One of my Iranian students introduced me to Dr. Ali Akbar Velayati—who at the time was Iran's representative at the United Nations. After that, I resigned from the university and seriously decided to come to Iran.

My original plan was to stay in Iran for two years, learn something about Islamic philosophy and gain a deeper understanding of Islam, and then return to the United States.

With the help of Dr. Velayati, an invitation was arranged from the Iranian Institute of Philosophy in Tehran, and I planned to come to Iran.

At Dr. Velayati's office, I happened to meet Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi. He had been on a trip to the United States, where I had previously met him. Dr. Velayati introduced me to him, and we spoke together.

At the end of our conversation, Ayatollah Mesbah asked me to come to Qom and work at the Imam Khomeini Institute, which at the time was operating under the name Baqir al-Ulum Foundation.

I told him that I could come if he sent me an official invitation.

However, I could not wait for the invitation, so I went to the Institute of Philosophy in Tehran and began studying Islamic philosophy with Dr. Gholamreza A'vani. He worked very hard to teach me.

Before coming to Iran, I had studied some Persian literature. But whenever someone greeted me, I could not even respond properly! Speaking Persian was very difficult for me.

Dr. A'vani suggested that, in order to improve my Persian, we should begin studying Islamic philosophy through Persian texts.

So I began studying Islamic philosophy through the philosophical treatises of Suhrawardi. It became something of a source of amusement among my friends!

After some time, Dr. A'vani said:

“If you want to learn philosophy properly, we should read the same treatises of Suhrawardi in Arabic as well.”

So we studied the same three philosophical treatises of Suhrawardi again, this time in Arabic. It was a wonderful experience.

🎓 How did your cooperation with Ayatollah Mesbah and your work at the Imam Khomeini Institute begin?

My work at the Imam Khomeini Institute began quite unexpectedly.

I had a friend from Texas who was originally Iraqi but had grown up in the United States. One day, he told me that he wanted to come to Qom to propose marriage to an Iraqi woman living in Iran, and he asked me to accompany him.

While we were in Qom, I happened to see one of Ayatollah Mesbah's assistants, whom I already knew, on the street.

He asked me to accompany him to see Ayatollah Mesbah.

When we met him, he was very pleased that I was in Iran and asked why I had not come to Qom.

I told him:

“I was waiting for an official invitation.”

He immediately replied:

“Then I will give you an official invitation right now.”

That meeting led to my traveling from Tehran to Qom once a week to teach at the Baqir al-Ulum Foundation, which is now known as the Imam Khomeini Institute.

The following year, this increased to two days a week.

Since I wanted to improve my Persian further, I decided to remain in Iran for another year and moved to Qom.

The following year, one of my students introduced me to someone for marriage.

💍 How did your marriage come about?

Our marriage was also rather unusual.

We had only met a few times when I decided to marry her. I did not know the woman or her family very well. I accepted the marriage largely because I trusted the student who had introduced us.

Before the wedding ceremony, I went to the shrine of Lady Fatima al-Ma'suma (peace be upon her) and prayed extensively, asking God to help me make the right decision and have a successful marriage.

After our marriage, I began working full-time at the Baqir al-Ulum Foundation.

At that point, my entire goal changed.

I thought that if I remained in Iran and taught seminarians, I could be of greater service.

🏅 How do you feel about being recognized as a distinguished figure in Iran despite being an American?

It is a great honor for me.

I feel very grateful. First of all, I thank God that I have been able to be of service in this country. I am also grateful to the Iranian officials who recognized my work.

The Iranian people have a positive view of me, and because of that, I feel an even greater sense of responsibility.

I hope that I can continue to serve even more.

🌱 What do you consider the most important factor behind your success?

The grace of God.

(He pauses for a moment.)

When I look back at my life, I see many wrong actions and mistakes. But it was God's grace that opened the way for me.

About twelve years ago, when I was on pilgrimage for Hajj, everything went wrong.

I lost my passport. Then my group left me behind in Jeddah, and I became separated from the caravan. Every step I took seemed to bring another problem.

Yet somehow, every problem was resolved.

And they were resolved in such a way that I felt as though the sea had been split for me just as it was for Prophet Moses (peace be upon him).

I could not overcome those difficulties myself. I was incapable of solving them. Yet they were somehow resolved.

I mention this because I want you to understand that my success is due to God's grace, not my own ability.

I have always felt that I cannot move forward by myself, but somehow God opens the way for me.

Even on that Hajj journey, when I was returning from Mecca to Iran, my plane ticket had been left in the pocket of the head of our caravan, who had returned to Iran earlier than us.

When I told the airport officials that I did not have my ticket, they asked:

“Then how do you expect to board the plane?”

When I gave them the name of the head of the caravan, the official excitedly said:

“He is my friend!”

He immediately called him. Once he confirmed that my ticket was with him, the official said:

“No problem.”

And I boarded the airplane without my ticket.

It was an extraordinary thing.