Kerbela_Hussein_Moschee.jpg

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العربية: مئات الزوار الشيعة يجتمعون في ضريح الامام الحسين في كربلاء في العراق خلال زيارة الأربعينية و التي تصادف اليوم الاربعين بعد ذكرى يوم عاشوراء التي استشهد فيها الحسين مع عدد من أصحابه.

English: Millions of Shia Muslims gather around the Husayn Mosque in Karbala after making the Pilgrimage on foot during Arba'een. Arba'een is a forty day period that commemorates the martyrdom of Husayn bin Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and seventy-two of his followers at the Battle of Karbala in the year 680AD.

Čeština: Husajnova mešita v Karbale

فارسی: عزادارای در کربلا در هنگام روز اربعین حسینی

Date

30 March 2005

Source

http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil , DASD0512324

Author

SFC Larry E. Johns, USA

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Arba'een Pilgrimage

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30 March 2005

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Nikon D2H