JNN 18 Nov 2012 Baghdad : At least seven Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims from Iran and Pakistan were killed in Iraq on Saturday when a car bomb went off by a restaurant in a city north of the capital, police and hospital sources said. Continue reading
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Car Bomb Martyr's 7 Pakistani & Irani Shi'ite Pilgrims Near Samarra , Iraq
JNN 18 Nov 2012 Baghdad : At least seven Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims from Iran and Pakistan were killed in Iraq on Saturday when a car bomb went off by a restaurant in a city north of the capital, police and hospital sources said. Continue reading
Muharram Ul Harram 1434 Hijri Moon Sighted , Ashura on 25th Nov 2012 in Major Parts of the World
JNN 15th Nov 2012 Karachi : The moon of Muharram, first month of the Islamic calendar, has been sighted and the first of Muharram will be on Friday, November 16.The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced on Thursday that the moon of Moharramul Harram 1434 Hijri has been sighted in the country and the Ashura would fall on 25th November 2012 (Sunday). Continue reading
Head of France Sunni Muftis Sheikh Sankoh Converts to Shia Sect of Islam
JNN 21 July 2012 Paris : Sunni mufti and head of the Sunni scholars in France have embraced Shia Islam at the age of 68 years old. He stated that at the age of 68 he is very unfortunate to have being in complete coma about Shia Islam. Continue reading
12 Shiite Pilgrims Martyred in Iraq , By the Wahabi Remenants of US Occupation
JNN 15 April 2012 Baghdad : Wahabi Al Qaeda Terrorist Marytred 12 Shi’ite pilgrims in ambushes on Friday, police and hospital sources said, in the latest attacks to highlight underlying sectarian and ethnic tensions in Iraq. Continue reading
Iraq rocked by Multiple Bomb blasts in Karbala and other cities ,killing 43, injuring over 230
JNN 20 Mar 2012 Baghdad : At least 43 people have been killed and over 230 others injured in bomb explosions in several Iraqi cities and towns ahead of the next week’s Arab League summit in the capital city of Baghdad, Press reports. Continue reading
Within 24 Hours Pesh Imam of Shia Mosque and a Young Shia Activist martyred , Target Killing escalates in Karachi
JNN 17 Feb 2012 Karachi : In the Late hours of Wednesday Night One Shia Pesh Imam of a Masoomia Mosque , Maulana Sadaqat Ali Baig s/o Sakhawat Ali Baig ,28 was Martyred by the terrorist of Sipah e Sahaba’s terrorist Wing Lashkar e Jhangvi, in the Limits of P.S. Liaqatabad.While another Young Shia Activist Kazim Ali was also Martyred in the Limits of Nazimabad by the target Killers of Sipah e Sahaba Pakistan. Continue reading
More than 20 Shia Pilgrims embraced Martyrdom by a Suicide Blast in Basra Iraq
BASRA: A suicide bomber killed 20 people in an apparent sectarian attack in south Iraq Saturday casting a pall over the climax of a Shia pilgrimage that draws millions from around the world. Continue reading
Representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Assassinated in Karbala
JNN Oct.15 2001 Mahand Mi’mar (Abu Zeinab), an eminent Shia cleric and the representative of Grand Ayatollah Sistani in holy city of Karbala, was martyred on October 11, in a terrorist attack in the holy city of Karbala. Continue reading
2 Bomb Blasts in Karbala kill 25, injure dozens
JNN 25 Sept 2011 Karbala : Two bomb explosions have rocked the southern Iraqi city of Karbala, killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens more. Continue reading 10 Shia Pilgrims Martyred, 70 wounded in bomb attacks during Shiite rite in Iraq
JNN 16 July 2011 BAGHDAD — A total of 10 people were killed and 70 wounded in series of bomb attacks on Friday and Saturday morning in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala during a major Shiite rite, police said. Continue reading
Over 15 Million Shia Pilgrims attended Arabaeen at Karbala
JNN 26 Jan 2011 Karbala : More than 15 million Shia pilgrims thronged the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on Tuesday for annual mourning rituals, with security forces keeping a tight watch following a spate of deadly attacks. Continue reading
19 Million Pilgrims Expected in Karbala to Mark Arbaeen Mourning
JNN 24 Jan 2011 Karbala : About 19 Million pilgrims are converging on the Iraqi holy city of Karbala to commemorate Arbaeen of Imam Hussain (A.S). Continue reading
Millions commemorate Ashura in Karbala & Najaf
JNN 17 Dec 2010 Karbala : Millions of Muslim pilgrims have gathered in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala to mourn the martyrdom anniversary of the prophet of Islam’s grandson, Imam Hussein (PBUH).Amid tight security, huge crowds of mourners have reached the holy city of Karbala to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam.
The event marks the 10th day of the Lunar month of Muharam, which is also the climax of the ten-day Ashura commemorations.
Around 28,000 soldiers and law enforcement agents are on duty in the Iraqi city. Some 7,000 reserves could join the force if deemed necessary.
Iraqi security forces have reportedly rounded up as many as 80 suspected militants, who intended to unleash chaos on the holy city.
Muharram ceremonies in Iraq have been the target of numerous attacks over the past years. The deadliest took place in 2004 when near-simultaneous blasts in Baghdad and Karbala killed more than 170 people.
Mourning ceremonies were also held in different countries around the world on Thursday.
The Day of Ashura is when the third Shia Imam was martyred along with 72 of his companions while fighting for justice during the battle of Karbala in the year 680.
Seen as one of the most important occasions in the Shia Muslim calendar, Ashura is both a day of sorrow and inspiration. Muslim men, women and children take to the streets every year to express their grief.
Ashura commemorated in Karbala and around the world
JNN 16 Dec 2010 KARBALA: Iraq has arrested 73 Al-Qaeda-linked suspects officials said were implicated in plotting “chaos” during Ashura in Karbala, as two million pilgrims thronged the shrine city on Thursday.
The arrests underscored fears of violence during the 10-day Mourning Majalis and Processions that culminate on Friday, in a key test for Iraq’s security forces ahead of a complete withdrawal of American troops in a year.
Vehicle traffic in Karbala was brought to a virtual standstill as pilgrims were made to walk to the shrines of the revered Imams Hussein and Abbas, while all visitors were searched at checkpoints.
“We were able to destroy 14 terrorist cells and arrest 73 people, including 37 wanted persons,” Karbala provincial council chief Mohammed al-Mussawi said. “We seized lots of weapons, IEDs (improvised-explosive devices), explosives belts and equipment.
“If they had been able to mount their attacks during the pilgrimage, it would have created chaos. Karbala is the main target for terrorists during Ashura.”
Mussawi said those arrested were suspected members of Al-Qaeda.
Speaking on Wednesday, the Iraqi army commander responsible for security in five provinces including Karbala said those detained were implicated in an Al-Qaeda-linked group called the Boys of Heaven.
General Othman al-Ghanimi said a total of 80 suspects had been arrested.
Mussawi said the number of pilgrims in Karbala for the commemorations had reached two million, 238,000 of them from abroad.
Karbala police spokesman Major Alaa Abbas reported no incidents in the city so far. He said tight security arrangements would remain in force until the pilgrims had headed home after the ceremonies.
The deadliest Ashura attacks were in March 2004 when near-simultaneous bombings in Karbala and at a Shia mosque in Baghdad killed more than 170 people.
“Everything right now inside Karbala is good,” said 40-year-old Kadhim Hussein, a pilgrim from the southern port city of Basra. “We will continue our commemorations of Hussein’s martyrdom despite all the threats from enemies.”
BEIRUT
Massive crowds thronged streets across Lebanon on Thursday to mark the Shiite holy day of Ashura, responding in force to a call by Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah the previous night.
A correspondent at the scene said tens upon tens of thousands of Nasrallah’s supporters lined the streets of the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburb of Beirut as the 10 days of rituals to mourn the Ashura.
TEHRAN
Millions of Iranians, beating themselves with fists and chains, marked the climax of Ashura on Thursday, a day after a suicide bomber killed 34 people taking part in a procession.
Men, women and children dressed in black gathered in cities across Iran as the 10 days of rituals to mourn the death of Imam Hussein, the faith’s third imam, reached a peak.
Iranian state television carried live footage of the Ashura processions in the capital Tehran, the second city of Mashhad, the Shiite clerical centre of Qom and the smaller cities of Yazd, Bam and Ardebil.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was shown attending a gathering in south Tehran.
Crowds of mourners, meanwhile, were seen across Tehran staging short street plays depicting the Karbala battle which led to Imam Hussein’s A.S Martyrdom .
Chanting “Ya Hussein!” the crowds, many of them shirtless men beating their chests with their fists, set fire to makeshift tents and re-enacted the killing of Hussein as women and children watched, some with tears in their eyes.
Bomb blasts kill 3, injure 32 in Iraq
JNN 15 Dec 2010 : One explosion struck a group of mourners west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The other bomb targeted a procession in the town of Khalis, north of the capital.
Attacks on Shia mourners have increased in war-ravaged Iraq in the lead-up to Ashura, the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH).
Ashura, the tenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar year Muharram, falls on December 16 this year.
Many devout Muslims across the world are also holding ceremonies to mourn the event which is one of the most important occasions on the Shia calendar.
On Ashura day, Imam Hussein (PBUH) and 72 of his companions were martyred while fighting for justice during Karbala battle in Iraq back in the year 680.
On Monday, four people were killed and 17 others wounded in a bomb attack on a group of pilgrims northeast of Baghdad.
Blasts kill Many Shias at Imam Hussein’s Mourning Procession in Iraq
Suicide attacks targeting a police checkpoint and a Shiite Muslim procession in western and central Iraq on Sunday killed over 20 people, including six policemen, police and a doctor said.
According to Iraqi police and hospital officials, the blasts occurred on Sunday near the provincial council building in Ramadi, Anbar’s capital, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad.
The first explosion was heard at 10 a.m. (0700 GMT), killing at least 17 people, among them six members of the police force.
At least 23 people have also been left wounded in the Sunday attack.
Only minutes later, a second bomb was found in a nearby parking lot. Police say they have detonated it in a safe area.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Government officials in Anbar, a former al-Qaeda stronghold, have frequently been targeted by militants.
The violence comes days before the climax of the Shia commemoration ceremony of Ashura on Thursday.
The tenth day of Muharram, which is known as Ashura, marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein (PBUH).
Every year on Ashura thousands of Muslims from all over Iraq and neighboring countries hold mourning ceremonies and many head for the holy city of Karbala, where the shrine of Imam Hussein (PBUH) is located.
Zionists’ Conspiracy Against Islam and the Event of Karbala
Ahlul Bayt News Agency , Pakistan — Blasphemy of the highest degree alarms students appearing in their paper for the year 2010 Intermediate Examination of Hyderabad Education Board.
Hyderabad Education Board astounds every institution (lest the whole Muslim Ummah) with the conspiracy brought forth by its Zionist Agenda publishing in an atrocious question in its Intermediate Muslim History Paper. In this years’ paper ‘One’ on question 8 referred to “Karbala as a bad patch in the beautiful history of Islam”.
Being Muslims, let alone in Pakistan, with recent bombing events in religious festivities flaring up sectarian rivalries, a conspiracy as such is not only highly outrageous to a particular Muslim community but an open blasphemy for the entire Muslim Ummah. Emotions and values are not only questioned but animosity aggrandized due to the sacrilege of our unanimous Belief.
Every years our Ummah faces the trauma by Anti-Islam Organisations contesting to check the reactions with one religious profanity or the other. Yet this stands out as the acme, for it is done within the vicinity of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, but put forth to a number of academics minors appearing in for a Muslim history paper, nurturing them with cryptic’s of preposterous decree.
It should be bourne in mind that already the students face great turmoil due to the Board’s policy of not facilitating Shiite students with a separate curriculum in Islamiyat but now with this new advent of sickly questions, the ulterior free-mason agenda remains no secret.
Great agitation among the Shiite community and other the Muslim sects are noticed and brought forth to the concerned officials.
Jafaria Alliance Hyderabad President Rashid Rizvi condemned the notorious act of Hyderabad Education board and termed the act a conspiracy against the Islam.
He said that a petition is put forth to the Government to take immediate actions against the transgressors but as well arrange for separate curriculum for the Shiite students.
Zionists' Conspiracy Against Islam and the Event of Karbala
Ahlul Bayt News Agency , Pakistan — Blasphemy of the highest degree alarms students appearing in their paper for the year 2010 Intermediate Examination of Hyderabad Education Board.
Hyderabad Education Board astounds every institution (lest the whole Muslim Ummah) with the conspiracy brought forth by its Zionist Agenda publishing in an atrocious question in its Intermediate Muslim History Paper. In this years’ paper ‘One’ on question 8 referred to “Karbala as a bad patch in the beautiful history of Islam”.
Being Muslims, let alone in Pakistan, with recent bombing events in religious festivities flaring up sectarian rivalries, a conspiracy as such is not only highly outrageous to a particular Muslim community but an open blasphemy for the entire Muslim Ummah. Emotions and values are not only questioned but animosity aggrandized due to the sacrilege of our unanimous Belief.
Every years our Ummah faces the trauma by Anti-Islam Organisations contesting to check the reactions with one religious profanity or the other. Yet this stands out as the acme, for it is done within the vicinity of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, but put forth to a number of academics minors appearing in for a Muslim history paper, nurturing them with cryptic’s of preposterous decree.
It should be bourne in mind that already the students face great turmoil due to the Board’s policy of not facilitating Shiite students with a separate curriculum in Islamiyat but now with this new advent of sickly questions, the ulterior free-mason agenda remains no secret.
Great agitation among the Shiite community and other the Muslim sects are noticed and brought forth to the concerned officials.
Jafaria Alliance Hyderabad President Rashid Rizvi condemned the notorious act of Hyderabad Education board and termed the act a conspiracy against the Islam.
He said that a petition is put forth to the Government to take immediate actions against the transgressors but as well arrange for separate curriculum for the Shiite students.
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