In the land of the blind, Ali Fazli must be kingThe kind of sacrifice and martyrdom that “Brigadier General ‘Ali Fazli'” has in mind is that which involves killing and being killed for Allah (cf. Qur’an 9:111). In other words, there is a component of murder in his martyrdom. “Disseminating the Culture of Sacrifice and Martyrdom is One of the Islamic Societies’ Necessities,” from the Ahlul Bayt News Agency, July 19 (thanks to Twostellas):
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – The commander of Rahiyan Noor Central Headquarters mentioned that propagating the culture of sacrifice and martyrdom is one of the significant issues for the Islamic society.
Brigadier General “˜Ali Fazli” in the congress of “Martyrs Servants” in Ayeha Complex of Hashhad city added: “Promoting the culture of sacrifice and martyrdom makes us and our Islamic society secure against the conspiracies of enemies.”
He pointed out to the conspiracies of enemies specially in the cultural fields and soft war against the Islamic society and he said: “Expanding the culture of sacrifice and martyrdom and holding the tours of Rahiyan Noor can play an important role for promotion of this culture and it is really necessary for our community.”
He mentioned: “Working for the martyrs, specially the unknown martyrs is really significant, so we should work for the martyrs the same as servants and be so careful that no negligence to occurr [sic] in this field.”
Brigadier General added: “The people of Iran remember the martyrs of Khorasan as the strong martyrs. One of these martyrs was commander Shoshtari. He was in the battlefields of Iran-Iraq war at the age of 60. He fought with the enemies of Islam to preserve the ambitions of our Islamic society.”
He outlined: “In the current year 2931000 persons visited the war zones of Iran-Iraq war in a form of Rahiyan Noor tours. Most of these persons were the university students.”…
He also mentioned: ” More than 350000 students of the second year of Guidance School visited the war zones in a form of Defense Preparation Lesson. Also more than 3000 students expressed their readiness to serve in the war zones as the servants of martyrs.”…