{"id":1704,"date":"2015-10-12T14:22:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T14:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1704-shia-muslims-across-the-world-prepare-for-the-month-of-muharram\/"},"modified":"2015-10-12T14:22:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T14:22:09","slug":"shia-muslims-across-the-world-prepare-for-the-month-of-muharram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1704-shia-muslims-across-the-world-prepare-for-the-month-of-muharram\/","title":{"rendered":"Shia Muslims across the world prepare for the month of Muharram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\">Shia Muslims across the world prepare for taking part in ceremonies<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Shia Muslims across the world prepare for taking part in ceremonies held annually in the month of Muharram (first month in the lunar Hijri calendar) to mourn the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions in the Battle of Karbala.<\/h4>\n<h4>Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar, will begin this week as Muslims observe the Islamic New Year, depending on the moon sighting.<\/h4>\n<h4>Many Shiites participate in various countries processions and self-flagellation as part of the mourning of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-11600\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/images_2015_10_12_02-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/images_2015_10_12_02-02.jpg 571w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/images_2015_10_12_02-02-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-11602\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/images_2015_10_12_02-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/images_2015_10_12_02-03.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/10\/images_2015_10_12_02-03-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shia Muslims across the world prepare for taking part in ceremonies Shia Muslims across the world prepare for taking part in ceremonies held annually in the month of Muharram (first month in the lunar Hijri calendar) to mourn the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions in the Battle of Karbala. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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