The head of the Department, Sheikh Mustafa Abu al-Tabuk said, "A set of programs for the month of Shawwal, including the program of preaching and guidance, will be launched from the sixth of Shawwal to the anniversary of martyrdom Imam Jaafar bin Mohammad (peace be upon him) in the twenty-fifth of it as well as the subjects of jurisprudence and ethics."
He added, "We had coordinated with five prominent speakers in the field of religious rhetoric to deliver lectures from the pulpit of Imam Ali Holy Shrine during the nights of the month of Shawwal."
He continued, "The consolation councils will continue for twenty days from the sixth month of Shawwal until the 25th of the month, during which the commemoration of the destruction of the graves of al-Baqa'i and the commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Jafar Sadiq (Peace be upon him)."