Video - Karbala Ashura

ꕤ Karbala Ashura Ali Fadhil (English Noha) "Our new year starts with mourning Muharram is our beginning The season’s tears are flowing Our Imam we are condoling" 'Muharram' ('forbidden') second holiest month Muharram & Ashura sighting of new moon ushers in Islamic New Year first month:  Muharram Ashura ('Tenth') tenth day of Muharram mourning for martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali Muharram 2016 begins in evening of Saturday, October 1 Karbala 100km south-west of Baghdad holiest city for Shia Muslims Karbala is considered sacred by Shias rivals Mecca as a place of pilgrimage Karbala martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali (Imam Husayn) Battle of Karbala 680 AD Imam Hussein ibn Ali refusal to accept Umayyad Yazid ibn Mu'awiya as caliph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karbala ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- ꕤ