{"id":1717,"date":"2015-10-14T15:55:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T15:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/1717-black-banner-waving-above-the-dome-of-imam-hussein-holy-shrine\/"},"modified":"2015-10-14T15:55:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T15:55:13","slug":"black-banner-waving-above-the-dome-of-imam-hussein-holy-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/1717-black-banner-waving-above-the-dome-of-imam-hussein-holy-shrine\/","title":{"rendered":"Black banner waving above the dome of Imam Hussein Holy Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\">The red flag on the dome has been replaced by a black one, as a sign of grief and mourning<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>On the occasion of Muharram and martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, and his household, a black banner has been hoisted above the dome of the holy shrine in Holy Karbala.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>The red flag on the dome has been replaced by a black one, as a sign of grief and mourning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>A special banner replacement ceremony was held with the attendance of a large number of pilgrims and a number of religious and political figures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>The religious tradition of replacing the banner is held every year on the eve of Muharram, the first month in the\u00a0lunar Hijri calendar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Shia Muslims around the world will hold mourning ceremonies starting fromThursday, to mourn the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, and his companions in the month of Muharram.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The red flag on the dome has been replaced by a black one, as a sign of grief and mourning \u00a0 On the occasion of Muharram and martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, and his household, a black banner has been hoisted above the dome of the holy shrine in Holy Karbala. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11615,"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":[31],"tags":[33,61],"class_list":["post-1717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-iraq","tag-karbala"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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