Ashoura: Why do Shias commemorate it and how? ...Kuwait

Shia Muslims around the world will commemorate Ashoura on Thursday, one of the community’s most important events of the year which marks the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein. Processions are scheduled to take place in countries where Shia Muslims observe the occasion, from the Levant to the Indian subcontinent. When is Ashoura and what is it? Ashoura falls on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar. For ten days prior, Shias (usually the Twelver Shia subgroup) attend congregation halls known as Hussainiyat, where they listen to stories of Hussein and partake in prayer. Hussein is believed to have been killed in battl

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