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New documentary titled \"Eyes Wide Open\" covering the journey of Iranian Shiite and Sunni clerics to South Lebanon. In their journey they meet influential figures and visit various religious locations. A rare meeting between the clerics and Sheik Hassan Nasrallah will also be translated shortly. In this segment, the religious scholars visit the sister of Imam Musa al-Sadr, Rabab Sadr. Sayyid Musá a?-?adr (1929-disappeared in 1978) (Arabic: ????? ???? ??????, Persian: ???? ???? ???, also transliterated Musa-ye Sader, Moussa Sadr and many other variants), was an Iranian-born Lebanese philosopher and a prominent Shiah religious leader who spent many years of his life in Lebanon as a religious and political leader. Musá a?-?adr was born in Qom, Iran in 1929 to the prominent Lebanese a?-?adr family of theologians. His father was Ayatollah ?adr ad-Din a?-?adr, originally from Tyre. Grand Ayatollah Mu?ammad Baqir a?-?adr is a distant cousin. He is said to have worked tirelessly to improve the lot of his community - to give them a voice, to protect them from the ravages of war and intercommunal strife ... A?-?adr was widely seen as a moderate, demanding that the Maronite Christians relinquish some of their power but pursuing ecumenism and peaceful relations between the groups. He was a vocal opponent of Israel but also attacked the PLO for endangering Lebanese civilians with their attacks. In 1974 he founded the Movement of the Disinherited to press for better economic and social conditions for the Shiah. He established a number of schools and medical clinics throughout southern Lebanon, many of which are still in operation today. In August 1978, al-Sadr and two companions departed for Libya to meet with government officials. The three were never heard of again. It is widely believed that the Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi ordered a?-?adr\'s killing, but the motivation is unknown. Libya has consistently denied responsibility, claiming that a?-?adr and his companions left Libya for Italy. Some others have reported that he remains secretly in jail in Libya. A?-?adr\'s disappearance continues to be a major dispute between Lebanon and Libya. Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri claimed that the Libyan regime, and particularly the Libyan leader, were responsible for the disappearance of Imam Musa Sadr, London-based Asharq Al-Awsat, a Saudi-run pan-Arab daily reported on 27 August 2006. According to Iranian General Mansour Qadar, the head of Syrian security, Rifaat al-Asad, told the Iranian ambassador to Syria that Gaddafi was planning to kill a?-?adr. On August 27, 2008, Gaddafi was indicted by the government of Lebanon for al-Sadr\'s disappearance. [8]

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Imam Sayyid Ruhullah Khomeini speaks about the missing leader, Sayyid Musa Al-Sadr who disappeared on a trip to Libya in 1978 along with 2 companions. Sayyid Al-Sadr was a leading Shia cleric in Lebanon who helped the downtrodden Shia Muslim community through social, religious, and political activism paving the way for a strong, united, and respected community.

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Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Sayyed Ali Khamenei was born in Mashad, the holiest city, in the north-eastern province of Khorasan, in 1939. Both his parents belonged to clergy\'s families and spent the year 1964, he achieved the highest degrees in his theological studies at the Theological Academy of Qum but continued his studies at the Theological Academy at Mashad up to the age of twenty-nine. Political Activities before Victory of The Islamic Revolution During the rule of the deposed shah, Ay. Khamenei was a favourite pupil of Imam Khomeini, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, he was also considered to be one of the most eminent and dependable leaders of the movement of the Iranian Muslims, this movement entered a new phase in 1962 after Imam Khomini`s pronouncements against the Shah regime. Responsibilities After the Victory In the course of these struggles, Ay. Khamenei was arrested many times and spent three years in prison between 1964 and 1978. He was also exiled to a place with worst climate condition for almost a year. In 1978, upon return from exile and the height of the revolutionary of the Iranian Muslims, he, together with a few close associates led the struggle of the people in Khorasan. Later, in the same year when Leader of the Revolution was temporarily in Paris, he was selected as a member of the government of the Islamic Republic of IRAN. He was entrusted with the responsibility of representing the Revolutionary Council in the Army as well as Deputy for Revolutionary Affairs at the National Ministry of Defence and some time later. He was appointed to the post of the Revolutionary guards. At about this time, Imam Khomeini chose him to lead the Friday congregational Prayers in Tehran and in 1980 he was elected to Islamic Consultative Assembly by the people of Tehran. After the formation of the Supreme Council of Defence, Ay. Khamenei joined it as the representative of Imam Khomeini. Ay. Khamenei was one of the founding members of the Islamic Republic Party in IRAN and held the post of the Secretary-General of the Party. Ay. Khamenei was the victim of an assassination attempt on 27th June 1981. having delivered an important speech at the consultative assembly, which ended in the dismissal of Bani-Sader from the Presidency of IRAN, he was addressing the faithful at poor residential area in Tehran, after leading the congregational prayer, when a time-bomb exploded nearby which injured him in the hand, chest and face. He was immediately transferred to a hospital by the deboted people of Tehran and he miraculously survived; his right hand, however, is not still functioning properly. Presidency In the 1981, following the martyrdom of the second President of the Islamic republic of Iran, he becomes a candidate and, in September of the same year, he was elected the Third President of the Islamic Republic of Iran with %95 of the votes cast in his favour by the Iranian people (the total number of votes was 16,847,717). He was reelected as president in 1985 for a second four-year term. Ay. Khamenei heads the Supreme Council of Defence and the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution. Since the beginning of the imposed war, he has often visited various war fronts and has often inspected the frontline in order to help remove any shortcoming or to advise on organizational matters. Leadership In 4th June 1989, One day after demise of Imam Khomeimi, Assembly of Experts closed Ayatollah Khamenei to lead the Islamic Revolution of IRAN.Since 1994, Ayatollah Khamenei has been introduced as the Religious authority in religious authority for Shi`ait people in the world by the Ulama from different countries. Family Mr. Khamenei is married and has six children. Works & Books He has a good command of the Arabic and Turkish and English language and, in addition to writing, he is a good judge of literary and poetic works. He has translated and written numerous books on Islam and history. His translations include \" Future of the Islamic lands,\" \" A Thdictment against the Western Civilization,\" and \" Imam Hassan`s Peace Treaty.\" From among his writings, one may mention: \" The Role of Muslims in the Independence struggle of India.\" General Pattern of Islamic Thought in the Quran,\" The Question of Patience,\" On the Inner Depth of prayers,\" \"Understanding Islam properly,\" \"Imam Al-Sadegh`s Life,\" and a collection of lectures on the question of Imamate. He was also a co-writer of the famous pamphlet \" Our Positions,\" which helped the political, social and philosophical advancement of Islamic Republic Party. Other contributors were martyred Ayatollah Beheshti, martyred Hojjatol-Eslam Bahonar and Hojjatol-Eslam Hashemi Rafsanjani.

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Amina Haidar al-Sadr, bekannt als Bint al-Huda bzw. Bintulhuda, war eine bekannte Autorin des 20. Jh. n.Chr. im Irak und Unterstützerin ihres Bruders Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr. Sie wurde 1938 in Kazimein geboren. Durch ihre eigene Ausbildung zur Gelehrtin und ihren Mut auch trotz Repressalien den Islam zu lehren, spielte sie eine wichtige Rolle bei der Ausbildung der Muslimas im Land. Bintulhuda erkannte, dass Romane und Geschichten ein geeignetes Element in der damaligen Zeit waren, um die islamische Moral und Ethik zu verbreiten und schrieb entsprechende Bücher. So schrieb sie in den sechziger Jahren des 20. Jh. insbesondere Geschichten, welche für Frauen ansprechend waren. Als 1979 ihr Bruder Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr im Auftrag von Saddam festgenommen wurde, mobilisierte sie große Menschenmassen, um gegen die Festnahme zu protestieren, was dann auch zur Freilassung führte. In 1980 wurde sie aber zusammen mit ihrem Bruder festgenommen. Nach dreitägiger Folter wurden sie am 8.4.1980 umgebracht und Märtyrer. Ihre Werke wurden unter anderem ins Englische und Türkische übertragen.

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Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr wurde 1936 in Kazimein geboren. Er war ein Vorbild der Nachahmung und einer der größten Gelehrten des Irak im 20. Jh. n.Chr.. Aufgrund seiner besonderen Verbundenheit zu Imam Chomeini wurde er am 8.4.1980 zusammen mit seiner Schwester Bintulhuda von Saddam ermordet. Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr ist Sayyid aus einer sehr bekannten Gelehrtenfamilie. 1958 führte General Qasem im Irak einen Militärputsch gegen den von den Briten eingesetzten König durch. Zu der Zeit waren die schiitischen Gelehrten in der Religions-Hochschule gespalten zwischen traditionellen Gelehrten, die politischer Betätigung vollkommen abgeneigt waren, und anderen, die sich dafür einsetzten, dass sich auch die Geistlichen politisch betätigten. Diese organisierten sich in der "Vereinigung der Gelehrten" [dschamaat al-ulama] in Nadschaf, um gegen die antireligiösen Tendenzen in der Gesellschaft vorzugehen. Zu der Zeit war Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr noch ein sehr junger Gelehrter, und er wurde noch nicht als ein offizielles Mitglied anerkannt. Er konnte jedoch über seinen Schwiegervater Scheich Murtadha al-Yasin, der ein führendes Mitglied dieser "Vereinigung der Gelehrten" war, sowie durch seinen Bruder Ismail al-Sadr einen gewissen Einfluss auf die Gruppe ausüben. Schon bald entstand ein Konflikt zwischen der "Vereinigung der Gelehrten" und dem Qasem-Regime, als Ayatollah Muhsin al-Hakim ein religiöses Rechtsurteil erließ, in dem Kommunismus mit Atheismus gleichsetzte wurde und er Muslimen verbot, der kommunistischen Partei beizutreten oder sie zu unterstützen. 1959 gab Ayatollah al-Sadr sein erstes philosophisches Werk "Unsere Philosophie [falsafatuna] heraus, mit unter anderem einer Kritik am Kommunismus. Sein zweites Werk "Unsere Wirtschaft" [iqtisaduna] kritisierte die wirtschaftliche Theorie des Kommunismus und Kapitalismus, und so wollte er das Argument der Kommunisten und der Säkularisten entkräften, dass der Islam keine Antworten und Lösungen auf die wirtschaftlichen Probleme des modernen Menschen habe. Damit wollte er auch zeigen, dass der Islam sehr wohl ein Konzept für die Wirtschaft hat. Er war auch der erste Gelehrte, der ein wirtschaftliches Konzept auf der Basis des Islam formulierte. "Unsere Wirtschaft" [iqtisaduna] gilt als eines der umfangreichsten islamischen Werke zum Thema.