Indonesian Parents Name Their Children after Martyred Leader

IQNA – Another child in Indonesia was named “Seyed Ali Khamenei” in a trend that is growing in the Southeast Asian country.

According to the Iranian Cultural Center in Indonesia, Yahya Jahangiri, the Cultural Attaché of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Jakarta, praised this family and considered such an action as part of the deep cultural ties between the two nations of Iran and Indonesia.

Naming children after the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution is a clear sign of the growing interest and attention of a part of the Southeast Asian community to influential figures in the Islamic world, he said.

Choosing the name of the martyred Leader for Indonesian newborns in a way indicates the role of Muslim families in transmitting revolutionary values ​​and inspiring models for future generations, he added.

Jahangiri also said, “Previously, a short time after the martyrdom of the Imam of the Ummah, an Indonesian couple had named their newborn baby ‘Ali Khamenei’ in the Tibon district, located in the city of Kampar; an action that had a wide reflection in the media in Indonesia and some countries in the region.”

He said it is a cultural event that has become a model for introducing and reviving the name of Ayatollah Khamenei in the atmosphere of this country of 280 million people.

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