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The Imam Reza shrine (Persian: حرم امام رضا, romanized: Haram-e Emâm Rezâ, lit. 'Sanctuary of Imam Reza'), located in Mashhad , Iran , is an Islamic shrine containing the remains of Ali al-Rida , the eighth Imam of Shia Islam .
The shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad, the only tomb of Shia imams in Iran, was the most important religious shrine and the Safavids' focus. The Safavid kings tried to expand it in various ways, including allocating government budgets and endowments and giving ornaments and charity.
A bomb explosion occurred at the shrine of Ali al-Ridha, the eighth Imam of Shia, on 20 June 1994 in a crowded prayer hall in Mashhad, Iran.To maximize the number of casualties, the explosion took place on Ashura, one of the holiest days for Shia muslims, [3] when hundreds of pilgrims had gathered to commemorate the death of their third Imam, Husayn ibn Ali.
The people participating in the funeral shouted "Hossein, Hossein is our slogan", "Labayk ya Imam Reza" and "Death to America". [12] Afghan immigrants also took part in the funeral. Aslani was buried in Imam Reza shrine, beside the victims of the 1994 Ashura bombing incident in Imam Reza shrine. [13]
Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran is the third holiest site for Shia Muslims, [19] which contains the tomb of Ali al-Ridha, the eighth Shia imam. Ali al-Ridha is believed, by members of the Shia, to have been poisoned there upon the orders of Caliph Al-Ma'mun and the place was subsequently called, Mashhad ar-Ridhā (the place of martyrdom of ...
The event occurred in response to the de-Islamization activities by Reza Shah in 1935. [2] Responding to a cleric, [citation needed] who denounced the Shah's "heretical" innovations, westernizing, corruption, and heavy consumer taxes, many merchants and locals took refuge in the shrine, chanted slogans such as "The Shah is a new Yazid," likening him to the Umayyad caliph.
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Imam Reza shrine, located in Mashhad, Iran, contains the tomb of Ali al-Rida, the eighth Imam of Shia Islam. It is the largest mosque in the world by area. The complex is a tourism center in Iran [98] [99] with 25 million Shias visiting the shrine each year. [100]