According to the news unit of Qom University’s Public Relations Office, Dr. Ahmad Hossein Sharifi, at the "First National Conference on Resistance, presentiments, and Hopes in Contemporary Literature," which was held on Wednesday morning, October 24 equivalent to Mehr 2nd, with guests from Iran and various resistance countries in Sheikh Mofid Hall at Qom University, welcomed the attendees and guests by saying: "It is an honor for us that today, at the beginning of the new academic year, Qom University begins its new academic year with the literature of resistance and honoring the memory of martyrs, and we take this event as a good omen."

 

He added: "The organizers of the conference have done remarkable work over the past eight months since the start of this conference, compiling and publishing the conference's books in this short period and receiving good articles through this conference."

 

The President of Qom University continued: "The essence of Islam is a religion that fundamentally calls for resistance, and one of the most important recommendations from God Almighty to the prophets is the command to resist, which is mentioned numerous times in the Quran. Dignity, honor, humanity, and human progress are expressed through resistance because humiliation fundamentally strips a person of their humanity."

 

He further stated: "The fruit of resistance is the promise that fear and anxiety will disappear, and a nation that becomes worried and is not ready to endure will be brought to humiliation. We have experienced this in the 47 years of our revolution; every progress we have made has been due to resistance, and in every field, we did not hesitate or retreat, and we succeeded. The 12-day war with the Zionist regime also clearly demonstrated the fruit of resistance to us."

 

Dr. Sharifi referred to the statements of the Supreme Leader on November 3, 2018, equivalent to 12^th of Aban, who defined resistance in two dimensions: practical and theoretical. He emphasized: "We must pay attention to the practical dimension where the men of resistance carry out their work through all ups and downs. These ups and downs and hardships have existed throughout history; however, the theoretical aspect of resistance is one where we have many gaps. In fields such as jurisprudence, philosophy, theology, sociology, psychology, and social sciences and humanities, resistance suffers from deficiencies, and we have not been able to strengthen the intellectual aspect."

 

In conclusion, the President of Qom University reminded: "Qom University has been working in this field for two years in line with its mission, from identifying theses in the realm of sacred defense to holding conferences on the philosophy of resistance and the national conference on the literature of resistance, which we are currently present at. This has been established as a research center for resistance studies for the first time among universities in the country, approved by the Ministry of Science. God willing, we will be able to fulfill our mission correctly so that we do not feel ashamed before the martyrs and their families."