Iraq Declared Holidays ~ Monday and Tuesday Dec. 5th and 6th ~ Tight Security for the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf and Kadhimiya ...

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Muharram/Islamic New Year Muharram/Islamic New Year 2011 Tuesday, December 6, 2011

04/12/2011

To commemorate the martyrdom of the tribe of the Prophet (PBUH) Imam Hussain (AS)

Tight security and to prevent vehicle access to the holy cities

بغداد / العدالة Baghdad / justice

Baghdad Operations Command has taken strict security measures to protect visiting the tenth of Muharram, and provide protection to the masses of visitors traveling from Baghdad and the provinces to the holy shrines in Karbala and Najaf and Kadhimiya.

The office said the leader of the armed forces prevent the entry of the wheels that accompany officials to the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf and Kadhimiya with the exception of one wheel of each official.

A source in the Office of the Adjutant General of the Armed Forces, "This step comes in order to preserve the security situation in those cities during the tenth of Muharram." He added that he "will not impose a curfew in the Iraqi cities before or during the ceremony visit Ashura." The source noted that "outlets will be closed city of Al in front of the passage of the wheels with the exception of a single port."

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In the province of Karbala in the framework of procedures & preparations for the day of Ashura Council decided to maintain Aattabariomi Monday and Tuesday, an official holiday in the province, said a source in the province "the decision to declare the holiday was to maintain the security situation in the province and flow of the visit of expatriates into the holy city.

To that he held the Governor of Baghdad, Salah Abdul Razzaq talks with the governor of Karbala hopes of religion, the cat on the latest preparations for the success of the visit of Ashura, stressing that the province of Baghdad dedicated buses to transport visitors and Wellness and mobile clinics to provide better services to visitors of Imam Hussein, said Abdul Razak that the province will use all its means of buses and supplies service to secure and visitor service .

The Ministries of Defense and Interior have placed a security plan jointly with other ministries to provide protection and services to the pilgrims and the revival of the symbols of the month of Muharram. by dividing the security effort in cooperation with the leadership of the Middle Euphrates and the security forces are common, which holds the protection of the roads leading to Karbala and Najaf, as well as the protection of processions Husseiniya inside and outside the cities. link
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Muharram/Islamic New Year Muharram/Islamic New Year 2011 Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Many Muslims mark the start of the Islamic year on the first day of Muharram, which is a gazetted holiday in India. (gazetted holiday is Annexure I also known as Gazetted holidays, consists of list of holidays which are mandatory once decided)

Both Sunni and Shia Muslims observe the 10th day of Muharram in India and worldwide. Many Shia Muslims observe Muharram as a month of mourning. The 10th of Muharram marks the date when carnage took place at Kerbala and when Imman Hussain died in 680 CE. Imman Hussain was the Prophet Muhammed's grandson. Many Muslims believe that he died on the ninth, 10th or 11th day of the month of Muharram. It is also believed that God created Adam and Eve on the 10th of Muharram, which was also when an Egyptian pharaoh and his soldiers drowned in the Red Sea later in time.

Muharram happens to be the first month of the Islamic calendar and considered auspicious for the Muslims all over the world. The Muharram is observed to commemorate the martyrdom of Hussain ibn Ali (Hazrat Imam Hussain), the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, by armies of the caliph Yazid. The Iman died in the battle of Karbala on the tenth day of Muharram in 680 AD. The history of Muharram dates back to the pre-historic times, the era of warring tribes, in the Arabian peninsula.

The history of Muharram is remembered on the day of observance of the mourning. The Shias appropriated the event with religious significance. The 10-day rituals observance commences on the first day of Muharram and ends on the tenth day. People wear black as a mark of mourning. They keep any form of entertainment at bay and they also observe fasts.

On the first nine days of Muharram, ‘majalis’ or assemblies are held where orators of the Shia community depict the sorrowful incident of the martyrdom of Hussain. Muslims parade on the streets wearing black, holding banners of the mausoleum of Hazrat Imam Hussain. Tradition holds that the revered imam was decapitated and his body mutilated.

Ceremonies begin with devotees drenched in blood after ritually slicing their scalps and flaying themselves with chains attached to sticks, symbolically showing their guilt and remorse for not defending Hussein.

Tradition holds that the revered Imam Hussein was decapitated and his body mutilated. Mourners show their guilt and remorse at not defending Hussein by cutting their scalps and flaying themselves with chains during processions. According to the influence of different modes of nature, some practitioners study religious Scriptures to be free from material sense gratification but others to increase material development. Some devotees do sacrifices to bring down material blessings on one's material household, others perform rituals and chant mantras to purify the spirit soul, whereas others take vows for pious purposes or as a way of penance. By increasing the mode of goodness, one can understand and practice religious principles which awake transcendental knowledge. link

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