Shia Muslims in Leicester Remember Martyrdom of Imam Hussein

Shia Muslims marched through Leicester city center Sunday to mourn the martyrdom of the master of martyrs, Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.

 

Shia Muslims marched through Leicester city center Sunday to mourn the martyrdom of the master of martyrs, Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.

Several hundred people from the city’s 1,000-strong Shia community set off from Town Hall Square – walking along Horsefair Street, Gallowtree Gate, Humberstone Gate, East Gates and High Street – on their way to Jubilee Square.

They wore black in a symbolic display of grief over the slaying of the Prophet Mohammed’s (PBUH) grandson, Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, whose sacrifice is commemorated during the lunar Hijri moth of Muharram.