{"id":1587,"date":"2015-09-22T15:35:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T15:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/1587-hundreds-of-thousands-of-shia-muslims-flock-to-holy-karbala-for-arafat-day\/"},"modified":"2015-09-22T15:35:08","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T15:35:08","slug":"hundreds-of-thousands-of-shia-muslims-flock-to-holy-karbala-for-arafat-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/1587-hundreds-of-thousands-of-shia-muslims-flock-to-holy-karbala-for-arafat-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims flock to holy Karbala for Arafat Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\">Muslims from various Iraqi cities, Iran and Gulf countries have gathered in the holy city<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims from Iraq and abroad have flocked to the holy city of Karbala for the day of Arafat.<\/h4>\n<h4>Muslims from various Iraqi cities, Iran and Gulf countries have gathered in the holy city to have a chance of reciting the specialDuaa of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, in the Day of Arafat.<\/h4>\n<h4>Every year thousands of Muslims travel to Iraq before Eidal-Adha to offer the rites of visitation and perform the religious rituals of the Eid.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslims from various Iraqi cities, Iran and Gulf countries have gathered in the holy city \u00a0 Hundreds of thousands of Shia Muslims from Iraq and abroad have flocked to the holy city of Karbala for the day of Arafat. 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