{"id":1265,"date":"2015-07-26T15:10:12","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T15:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/atabat\/1265-imam-baqir-1st-international-festival-kicks-off-in-holy-karbala\/"},"modified":"2015-07-26T15:10:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-26T15:10:12","slug":"imam-baqir-1st-international-festival-kicks-off-in-holy-karbala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/atabat\/1265-imam-baqir-1st-international-festival-kicks-off-in-holy-karbala\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cImam Baqir 1st International Festival kicks off in Holy Karbala"},"content":{"rendered":"<address style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 11.8559999465942px;\">international cultural festival has been underway since July 24 in the holy city of Karbala<\/span><\/address>\n<p> <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">The first edition of \u201cImam Baqir, peace be upon him\u201d international cultural festival has been underway since July 24 in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">The international festival was opened concurrent with the anniversary of the demolition of the shrines in Baqi\u2019, the first and oldest Islamic cemetery of Medina where four Shia Imams, peace be upon them, and many other noble figures among the Companions and the Followers of the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, are buried there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">The opening ceremony of the festival was attended by representatives from the custodianships of sacred sites in Iraq, as well as a number of religious, cultural and academic figures from different countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">Muhammad Tijani Samawi, eminent Shia scholar from Tunisia, was one of the<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0speaker in the program who discussed the Seerah of Imam Baqir, peace be upon him, and highlighted some of the important aspects of the Imam\u2019s life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; color: black;\">A book fair has also been mounted with the participation of foreign publishers in Iraq on the sidelines of the festival.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>international cultural festival has been underway since July 24 in the holy city of Karbala \u00a0 The first edition of \u201cImam Baqir, peace be upon him\u201d international cultural festival has been underway since July 24 in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq. 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