UNESCO Studying Arba'een Pilgrimage for Registration

Rasa - Iraq's Karbala Study and Research Center announced that the center seeks to have the Arba'een Pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Imam Hussain (AS) registered in the UNESCO as the largest annual peaceful cultural event of Muslims from all over the world.

News ID: 426106

Date: 28 December 2016 - 22:11

RNA - The center, based in the Iraqi city of Karbala, said they submitted a request of registration supported by authentic documents and pictures, proving the peacefulness of the pilgrimage, to the UNESCO, and they received a preliminary approval, Shia TV reported.

The Arba'een march is a very important event in the Iraqi Islamic heritage, and the center, therefore, has been trying to have it officially registered as an international peaceful event where millions of Muslims gather, and have its origin established.

Arba'een is religious observance that occurs forty days after the Day of Ashura. It commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), who was martyred on the 10th day of the month of Muharram in the year 680AD.

Arba'een is one of the largest pilgrimage gatherings on Earth, in which up to 25 million people go to the city of Karbala in Iraq.

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