Statements [Concern for Imam Mousa Sadr's fate]

«۱»- In the ۲۲- volume Sahifeh-ye Nour, the date of the meeting was recorded as Bahman ۱۷,۱۳۵۷ AHS [February ۶,۱۹۷۹]. «۲»- Sayyid Mousa Sadr, better known as Imam Mousa Sadr, was born in ۱۹۲۳ in the city of Mashhad. He passed the higher courses of the religious seminary by learning from such great masters as Ayatullah Muhaqqiq Damad, Imam Khomeini and Grand Ayatullah Buroujerdi to attain the level of ijtihad. He was noted for organizing the Lebanese Shi`ah and led them in their political assertiveness of the ۱۹۷۰ s. Imam Mousa Sadr mysteriously disappeared in Libya in ۱۹۷۸ after he had traveled to that country on the official invitation of the Libyan government. He is chairman in absentia of the Supreme Assembly of Lebanese Shi`ah Muslims. Since his disappearance, Shaykh Shams ad-Din had been acting chairman.