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Mourning processions in the holy city of Karbala
Sep 26, 2021 18:05Millions of devotees are in the holy city of Karbala, where the holy shrine of Imam Husain (AS) is located, to perform and participate in mourning processions.
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Great Arba'een walk by pilgrims (2)
Sep 26, 2021 18:00Tens of thousands of mourners are walking towards the holy city of Karbala in commemoration of the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), which falls on Tuesday 28th of September this year in Iraq.
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Great Arba'een walk by pilgrims (1)
Sep 26, 2021 17:48Tens of thousands of mourners are walking towards the holy city of Karbala in commemoration of the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), which falls on Tuesday 28th of September this year in Iraq.
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Zainab, great mystery of Arba'een
Sep 26, 2021 17:16Arba'een is a reminder of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein and his loyal companions on the day of Ashura. All Shia Muslims owe their faith to Lady Zainab (Peace upon her) and this is the mystery of Arba'een.
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Holy Defence, a mirror of Ashura (2)
Sep 23, 2021 15:51The holy defence era was the climax of manifestation of religious virtues and lofty human values. The honourable generation of this era created a splendid epic that was inspired by the perpetual uprising of Imam Hussein on the day of Ashura in the year 10 AH.
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Imam Hasan (AS) – the epitome of excellence
Sep 14, 2021 03:26According to a narration, today the 7th of Safar is the day on which in the year 50 AH, was martyred through a fatal dose of poisoning Hasan Mojtaba (AS), the elder grandson and Second Infallible Heir of Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
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Ruqaiyya (PBUH) the innocent martyr of Damascus
Sep 12, 2021 04:54Today, the 5th of Safar is a doleful day in Islamic history. It is the anniversary of the martyrdom of a girl who was four years old. Yet, despite her tender years and the sorrows she suffered, including the loss of her father, torture at the hands of his murderers, and imprisonment, she was a picture of virtue, faith, piety, prudence, forbearance, and patience in the face of acute oppression.
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Imam Baqer (PBUH) – preserver of Azadari (mourning ceremonies)
Sep 10, 2021 10:18Today, on the 3rd of the mourning month of Safar we present you a special programme on the life and times of a person who was born on this day and since childhood passed through a range of calamities, witnessing as a 4-year old boy the world’s most heartrending tragedy.
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Safar 1 – The triumph of Islam in enemy’s court
Sep 08, 2021 04:03Today is the first of Safar, the fateful day on which survivors of the heartrending tragedy of Karbala were brought in chains and fetters to the court of the tyrant Yazid in Damascus in 61 AH.
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Grand Ayatollah Hakim, top Shia cleric in Iraq, dies of heart attack aged 85
Sep 04, 2021 02:02Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Saeed al-Hakim, one of Iraq’s most prominent and influential Shia clerics, has passed away in the southern holy city of Najaf after a sudden cardiac arrest aged 85.