Rahpouyan Vesal Cultural Organization, New Complex, Shiraz

The Introduction of Rahpouyan vesal cultural organization activities: 

Undoubtedly, the real continuity of human society is consolidated and beholden to its culture. In fact, one's character and identity in the society depends on that nation's culture and art.

In this contemporary era, communication and cultures transmission, have passed the borders of global village with its most modern tools and various methods, inspiring the fallacious and poisonous thoughts to human societies. Then, serious dangers threaten those who have given up their own culture and are to accept foreign culture, the result of which is being kept unidentified.

Therefore, in today's turbulent world, grasping to the rich Iranian Islamic culture and the holy prophet's family is undeniable.

Islam enemies are about to penetrate Shiite belief and destroy Islam.

This cultural organization is proud of gathering thousands of teenagers and youngsters in various units, which are to be described below. Now (September 2010, Rahpouyan Vesal has more than 89721 members with average age of 21 years old.)

General purposes:

1. To safeguard the genuine Islam and Islamic culture and identity.
2. To fulfill the cultural engineering and try to achieve the described goals.
3. To promote self-reliance and use the juveniles\' ability for the cause of cultural and social movements.
4. To amplify religious knowledge according to needs of the society.
5. To increase study rate and emphasize scientific Jihad (attempt).
6. To train basically and develop human sources in all cultural aspects.
7. To offer the best definition of culture and cultural activities and simultaneously observe religious, social, artistic, and cultural aspects in society.
8. To propagate the spirit of religious tendency and investigation, and develop true Islamic cultural activities such as religious meetings, spiritual seclusion, etc.

The constant programs:

Sequential meetings which have been held regularly for more than 10 years, and God willing they will be continued in future, more gloriously.

1. Holding regular meetings on Saturday nights, which is warmly received by the youth. The meetings include congregational night prayers (vesper = magrib and ishaa prayers), reciting the  Nobel Quran and giving speech on Quranic, moral and daily issues.
2. Holding different religious ceremonies such as birthday celebration of the 14 impeccables ¹and their martyrdom anniversary mourning, especially for Imam Hussein (p.b.u.h) during first ten days of \"Moharram\'.
3. Holding Imam Khomeini\'s death anniversary commemoration.
4. Holding religious meetings in different mosques during \"Ramadan\".
5. Holding revival gatherings in \"shab-e-Ghadr\" (the night of destiny), \"Fitr\" celebration (fast breaking) and offering Fitr congregational prayer.
6. Offering \"Arafeh\" prayer and commemorating \"Ghadir Khum\" on 18^th of Zil-hijjah.
7. Sending the youth for pilgrimage to Imam Reza\'s shrine (in mashhad).

The inconstant programs:

The programs, which are disposed of, depending on social and cultural circumstances in Iran, the time necessities and juveniles\' demands.

1. Holding different exhibitions: such as \"Zeitun Sorkh\" (red olive) fair, etc. to get acquainted with various issues such as, Hollywood, Zionism, Palestine future, events of the last part of time (the end of the world), and so on; with photo, book and caricature fair. Criticizing movies such as \"Armageddon\", \"blocked\" etc. by professors of the anti-Zionist international union.

A .\"Quranic Unit\"

     Quranic unit is trying to make the members familiar with profound Quranic knowledge.

  1- Research: Doing researches on Quran and removing the enemies doubts about Quran.

2- Publications:  Getting familiar with Quranic concepts and stories, teaching the true methods of memorizing Quran. 

3- Publicities: Publicizing Quranic meetings\' contents.

1. Staff: recruiting and reforming all the forces according to their skills.
2. Training: Holding different Quran classes in the fields of:  memorization, recitation, commentary and conversation.
3. Memorizing: Organizing Quran memorizers and reinforcing them to propagate their taughts.

holding different classes such as Tajvid²(intonation) ,holding  ask-answer  commentary sessions on Quran, holding discussions about Mahdaviat from Quran\'s view (getting acquainted with 12^th Shiite Imams).

standing up Quranic stalls during religious seclusion ceremonies and holding various programs such as, tavashih³, commentary on Quran,  Tajvid classes in 2days and holding Quran assembly with presence of well-known Quran reciters.

Holding congress on different topics

Holding Quran recitation competition.  
 

B. \"Martyrs\'\' unit\": 

This unit started its activities with the following purposes:

1. To commemorate the holy martyrs of 8-year imposed war.
2. To get acquainted with martyrs\' ways of living and to make people understand martyrdom significance.
3. To protect the martyrs\' beliefs and ideas.
4. To Introduce martyrs as religious, social and political samples, and as a generation who were not dissimilar to nowadays youths.

C. \"Seminary students\' unit\"(scholars of theology)

This unit consists of the following groups.

1- Commandment group (religious recepts)

2- Missionary group (religious preach)

3- Research group

4- Theology group

5- Shia studies group

6- Propaganda group 

D. \"University student's unit\"

This unit is established to bring innovation and Cultural evolution in university and the whole country. 

E. \"Students\' unit\": 

This unit is kind of a bridge to link the students who are the members of Rahpouyan vesal organization to different schools, which makes the students active and uses their potential in various educational curriculums.

[R.V\'s  martyrs\' Non-profit guidance school]:

The school belongs to R.V organization, which was founded in October 2005. 

F. \"Rahpouyan vesal institute\": 

A group of experienced women established the institute with the purpose of offering Services in various fields in an ideal, safe and spiritual atmosphere, with reasonable prices.  

G1. \"Computer Unit\": 

This unit, known as Yas group, is made up of different units such as computer programming, Graphic designing, Animation, Media, Photography, journalism, public relations, research and advertisements. 

Rahpouyan Vesal official web Site in Persian Language is: Rahpouyan.Com

1. Producing various soft wares, such as \"vesal-e-Moharram\", \"vesal-e-Imam Reza\", etc.
2. Holding computer and internet training courses.

G2. \"IT unit\":  

Forming IT department, Rahpouyan Vesal Organization (RV) has formally organized IT activities and certain plans, budget and management system has been allocated. This unit (is composed of?) 1. The old members, both males and females, working in the fields of internet, etc such as (RV, YAS). 2. All those who are to offer their abilities and skills to Rv activities and plans. To register new members (forces) and managing IT projects such as: \"starting and managing RV and the subunits\' websites, multimedia, software projects, modern science (and technology), electronics and all the relevant activities to IT in RV organization\" is merely done through the department.

You can submit your new projects to this unit and if approved by the chairman and the members, your project will be done through offering it to professional teams.

RIDP \"rahpouyan IT development project\" is of the most important projects.

• To notice RV\'s websites go to: Rahpouyan.info
• IT department website address: Vesalteam.com
• Registration form: register.vesalteam.com
• IT department e-mail address: info@vesalteam.com
• 24-our answering service: +98 917-910-3179 

H. \"The elite unit\": 

       This unit was formed to produce science and software based on our great leader's statements.

The activities and purposes follow:

1. Registration and requirement check.
2. Interacting With scientific research and software centers. 
3. Forming  investigative groups in software theories.
4. Forming research centers in various branches (humanities, basic science, engineering, art and medicine)

I.\" Baser group\":  (The Think Tank Office)

   Its duties and purposes are as follows:

1. To develop profound thinking of religion.
2. To develop culture of studying.
3. To arouse research and questioning sense in order to respond the youth\'s mental worries. 
4. To train a research group.
5. To discuss issues such as Islamic history, western  culture studies, renaissance, Media, liberalism, modernism, humanism, etc.

J.\" Mi'ad vasl group\": 

       This group tries to make the new generation get acquainted with the profound concept of research. (The enemies\' recognition, in particular). 
 

K. \"Preparation (supply) unit\": 

     The activities of this unit, divided into 2 parts, are:

1. Doing all the affairs related to supporting and supplies in all the meeting and programs
2. Cultural part, which is particular to the members.

L. \"rescue group\" (relating to the red crescent organization): 

         The purpose of this group is to offer medical services and medical training, making a collection of drugs in order to make people aware of the correct use of the drugs and their bad effects if they are abused, collecting families extra drugs to distribute them among the needy sick people and etc.  

M. \"Sport group\": 

          This group was  formed to offer training courses in different athletic fields, with sporting facilities. 

N. \"Library unit\": 

This unit includes books, audio and video tapes of his eminence Mr. Anjavi Nenad\'s speeches and � .   
 

O. \"Charity unit\": 

Prophet Mohammad (p.b.u.h):

\"To love the poor and to get close to them is a way to approach ALLAH.\" 

Its most important activities are to pay the expenditure on health care, marriage expenses and house rentals to under care families. 

P. \"Sout-Al-Hossein unit\": 

           This center prepares and duplicates cultural and educational products of Rahpouyan vesal organization. 

Q. \"Publications unit\": 

            Its purpose is to publish the books and pamphlets of his eminence, Mr. Anjavi-nejad\'s⁴ speech

You may also check the list of Rahpouyan Vesal Cultural Organization's websites in : www.rahpouyan.info