{"id":8769,"date":"2020-03-04T14:36:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/8769-banner-of-imam-ali-hoisted-in-the-center-of-najaf-marking-the-worshipping-season\/"},"modified":"2020-03-04T14:36:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:36:13","slug":"banner-of-imam-ali-hoisted-in-the-center-of-najaf-marking-the-worshipping-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/8769-banner-of-imam-ali-hoisted-in-the-center-of-najaf-marking-the-worshipping-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Banner of Imam Ali hoisted in the center of Najaf marking the worshipping season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">The banner of the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, was hoisted in the middle of the holy city of Najaf, marking the start of the worshipping season of the months of Rajab, Shaaban and<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The banner of the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, was hoisted in the middle of the holy city of Najaf, marking the start of the worshipping season of the months of Rajab, Shaaban and Ramadan, and celebrating the birth anniversary of Imam Ali, peace be upon him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The banner hoisting ceremony witnessed the presence of a number of figures and the public.<\/p>\n<p>Board Member of Imam Ali Holy Shrine Faeq al-Shammari said, &#8220;Today we raise the flag of benevolence and blessing to evoke all the noble and eternal meanings of the great man of Islam, peace be upon him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that the ceremony of hoisting the banner of the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, is an annual tradition held by Imam Ali Holy Shrine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The banner of the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, was hoisted in the middle of the holy city of Najaf, marking the start of the worshipping season of the months of Rajab, Shaaban and \u00a0 The banner of the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, was hoisted in the middle &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20551,"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":[7],"tags":[420,223,49],"class_list":["post-8769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","tag-banner","tag-imam-ali","tag-najaf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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