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Husayn is important because of his relationship with Muhammad, and so the dust from Karbala is considered sacred. To bring this revered material to others worldwide, Shi’a Muslims have made small tablets called mohr or turbah from the earth of Karbala. However, since it is an issue of honor and respect, Muslims are allowed to prostrate on ...
Many people thus emerged who maintained that, for God's sake, their very salvation lay in this. Because of religious bigotry, which is the bane of humankind, they placed a group under suspicion of Shi‘ism ( rafḍ ), thus destroying the very ramparts of the castle of their existence [i.e., having them killed], while others were thrown into ...
In some parts of Nigeria, there are even anti-blasphemy laws. [143] In 2017, the Humanist Association of Nigeria gained formal government recognition after a 17-year struggle. [144] This was followed by recognition of the Atheist Society of Nigeria, the Northern Nigerian Humanist Association and the Nigerian Secular Society. [145]
Karbala [a] is a city in central Iraq, located about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. [6] [7] Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 691,100 people (2024).
Turbah Karbala (Arabic: تربة کربلاء, lit. 'Soil of Karbala'), [1] [2] [3] or Khāk-e Shifā (Lisan al-Dawat, Persian, and Urdu: خاکِ شِفاء, lit. 'Medicinal Soil'), [4] [5] [6] or "Turbah of Imam Hussain" [7] [8] is the soil taken from Hussain ibn Ali's grave in the city of Karbala. Shia Muslims use it to make turbah and ...
Although the majority of the Nigerian Muslim population is Sunni, there is a small Shia minority, particularly in the northern states of Kano and Sokoto. [1] [2] [3] However, there are no actual statistics that reflect a Shia population in Nigeria, [4] and a figure of even 5% of the total Nigerian Muslim population is thought to be too high “because of the routine conflation of Shi’a with ...
In Karbala alone, seven thousand of such hospitality units (mawakib, sg. mawkib) were set up in 2014. [31] Indeed, this generosity and hospitality are said to characterize the Arba'in pilgrimage. When the pilgrims finally reach the shrine of Husayn in Karbala, they recite the ziyara of Arba'in, a supplication for this occasion. [30]
Its estimated population in 2013 was 1,000,000 people. Najaf (city) is the capital of Najaf Governorate. It is widely considered the third holiest city of Shi'a Islam, the Shia world's spiritual capital and the center of Shi'a political power in Iraq. [10] [11] Ali ibn Abi Talib's shrine is there [12] as a part of Atabat Aliyat. [13] [14]