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Ashura Muharram 2024: History and significance of Sunni fasting and Shia faaka on 10th Muharram
5 months, 1 week ago

Ashura Muharram 2024: History and significance of Sunni fasting and Shia faaka on 10th Muharram

Hindustan Times  

This year, Muslims across United Kingdom, Canada, USA and those in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain and other Arab states marked the onset of the New Islamic Year 1446 AH on Sunday July 07, 2024, which was the first day of the Holy Month of Muharram al Haram hence, Ashura in these …

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The pilgrimage sites of Iraq's timeless and holy cities
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The pilgrimage sites of Iraq's timeless and holy cities

BBC  

The pilgrimage sites of Iraq's timeless and holy cities Stuart Butler Travellers to what was once was the spiritual centre of the world can learn about the region's long and storied history – as well as see the biggest annual pilgrimage on Earth. Today, just more than 100km west of the archaeological site of Nippur are the shrine cities of …

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Delhi: Traffic restrictions in national capital ahead of Chehlum procession on Thursday
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi: Traffic restrictions in national capital ahead of Chehlum procession on Thursday

India TV News  

A traffic advisory has been issued by the Delhi Police for Thursday ahead of the Chehlum procession. Chehlum procession route The procession will proceed to Dargah Shah-e-Mardan and later to Karbala via Chitli Qabar, Matia Mahal, Jama Masjid, Hauz Qazi, Ajmeri Gate, Paharganj Bridge, Chelmsford Road, and New Delhi Railway Station in north Delhi. The procession will also pass through …

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Muharram Tazia Procession Taken Out in Srinagar's Traditional Route After 34 Years
1 year, 4 months ago

Muharram Tazia Procession Taken Out in Srinagar's Traditional Route After 34 Years

Deccan Chronicle  

SRINAGAR: Thousands of Shia mourners, most of them clad in black clothes and chanting in unison on Thursday marched along the streets of uptown Srinagar after the authorities lifted a 34-year-old ban on taking out a tazia procession along the traditional route in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital on the 8th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. …

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Muharram procession taken out in Srinagar after over three decades
1 year, 4 months ago

Muharram procession taken out in Srinagar after over three decades

Hindustan Times  

After 34 years, the Muharram procession was taken out on its traditional route from Gurubazar to Dalgate in Srinagar on Thursday. Today is a historic occasion for Shia brethren in Kashmir valley as after 34 years 8th Muharram procession is taking place on the traditional route, from Guru Bazar to Dalgate.” The 8th Muharram was banned in 1989 by authorities …

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Arbaeen pilgrimage brings millions to Iraqi city of Karbala
2 years, 3 months ago

Arbaeen pilgrimage brings millions to Iraqi city of Karbala

Al Jazeera  

Shia pilgrims arrive in the holy city of Karbala on Friday to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Husayn. Sara Mushtaq, a 35-year-old woman from Karachi, Pakistan, said at one point during the walk that her “feet just wouldn’t move” and described briefly collapsing on the side of the road. “It is hard to fathom the scale at which this gathering …

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Frantic rescue effort under way at Iraq shrine hit by landslide
2 years, 4 months ago

Frantic rescue effort under way at Iraq shrine hit by landslide

Al Jazeera  

Operation continues to save people trapped under the rubble with at least four dead at the Qattarat al-Imam Ali shrine in Karbala province. The official Iraqi news agency INA, citing the civil defence service, said on Sunday that four bodies were recovered from the debris at the Qattarat al-Imam Ali shrine in Karbala province, central Iraq. “We have found four …

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Iraqi cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi deepens intra-Shia dispute
2 years, 7 months ago

Iraqi cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi deepens intra-Shia dispute

Al Jazeera  

The controversial figure has become the subject of widespread discussions in Iraq, igniting debates on his ideology and what threats he could pose to security. The trigger in the latest round of what has become an increasingly tense intra-Shia leaders’ dispute was an otherwise uneventful Friday sermon in early April, when Ali Masoudi, a representative of al-Sarkhi, who is a …

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Ashura: Why Muslims fast and mourn in Muharram
4 years, 3 months ago

Ashura: Why Muslims fast and mourn in Muharram

Al Jazeera  

The 10th of Muharram commemorates the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson in the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD. But for the Shia, it is also a major religious event to commemorate the martyrdom of Husayn Ibn Ali al-Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who died at the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD. Every year since then, many …

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Amid surge in COVID-19, Iraq’s Shia mourn Imam Hussein
4 years, 3 months ago

Amid surge in COVID-19, Iraq’s Shia mourn Imam Hussein

Al Jazeera  

Many Shia Muslims ignored calls by Iraq’s government and moderate religious leaders to stay home during Ashura events. Baghdad, Iraq – Ahead of a solemn mourning period for Shia Muslims, the message from the old man came through loud and clear: Coronavirus will not stop us from observing our ceremonies. Many of them have shrugged off calls by the government …

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