Tag Archives: Arbaeen Walk

This year’s Arbaeen congregation in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala hit a record high as millions streamed into the city after walking by foot from the holy city of Najaf, says a shrine official. In an interview on Saturday, Razzak Noor Ridha, a senior public relations officer at the …

The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, expressed his gratitude on Thursday for the warm hospitality and excellent organization extended by the government and people of Iraq during the Arbaeen pilgrimage. President Raisi made these remarks in a statement delivered before a gathering of religious scholars, Friday …

Iraq’s Ministry of the Interior (MOI) announced on Monday, that about 3 million and 600 thousand Pilgrimage have entered the country since the beginning of the Arbaeen Pilgrimage. A Statement by the ministry, received by the Al-Ghadeer Satellite Channel, stated that, “Headed by the Minister of Interior, Abdul Amir Al-Shammari, …

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) thwarted a terrorist attack south of Samarra in Saladin Governorate. In a statement, PMF said that the 41st Brigade foiled a terrorist attempt to target the visitors and the security forces during Arbaeen pilgrims south of Samarra on Tuesday. ISIS terrorists tried to infiltrate the …

Karbala’s local government is working out the final touches on the preparations for the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage, first deputy governor Jasem al-Fatlawi said on Monday. Millions of Shiite Muslims are flocking to the holy city of Karbala to participate in the Arbaeen anniversary, a religious observance that takes place forty …

Iranian Interior Ministry says border crossings to Iraq have been reopened hours after they were closed because of an eruption of violence in the country’s capital Baghdad. Authorities said on Tuesday that four main border crossings to Iraq had been reopened to travelers. Later statements said two of the crossings, …

The march of Imam Hussein (PBUH) lovers, continued towards the holy city of Karbala, to perform the Arbaeen pilgrimage

Millions of ardent lovers, in a demonstration of unfathomable love and devotion for their beloved, walk seamlessly and untiringly from one sacred city to another, day and night, braving inclement weather and ominous security threats. Men and women, young and old, come from different corners of the world and converge …