Hizbullah Marks Ashura in Southern Cities and Towns
Hizbullah began on Sunday holding daily mourning councils on the occasion of Ashura, the National News Agency reported on Monday.
The party prepared processions tents in the southern cities and towns, NNA added.
The occasion commemorates the killing of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, by the army of the Caliph Yazid in 680 AD, the formative event in Shiite Islam.
Source: Naharnet
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