Across Iraq, millions of Iraqi Shias commemorate Ashura  ...Kuwait

The Shia Muslim community across Iraq commemorated Ashura on Friday, 28 July, one of the community's most important events of the year, marking the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein. Ashura falls on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar. In the ten days leading up to Ashura, Shias (usually under the Twelver Shia subsect) attend congregation halls known as Hussainiyat to listen to religious stories and partake in prayer. Late on Thursday, 27 July, Shia Muslims gathered at Sulaimaniyah City's Hussainiyeh to mourn the martyrdom of Hussein.  "This year's Ashura marks 1,384 years since the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. We comme

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