Heyats cannot be secular. We don’t have secular heyats for Imam Hussain (pbuh). If someone loves Imam Hussain, it means they love an Islam of politics, of jihad, of fighting, of sacrifice, and of martyrdom. That is the meaning of believing in Imam Hussain. It is wrong for mourning ceremonies to stray away from talking about concepts related to a political Islam.
Ayatollah Khamenei
Nov. 11, 2013
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