(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - 100 Black Flags have been raised in different provinces and cities of Iraq coincide with the grand ceremonies filled with grief and majesty.
The ceremonies made public via the live streaming from the Two Holy Shrines in Karbala by different satellite channels, in attendance of thousands of believers in the Husseini and Abbasi Holy Shrines, and more in the area between the two holy shrines. The ceremonies came to change the tow Red Flags of Revenge in the Two Holy Shrines to the Black ones of Grief marking the beginning of Muharram 1433 as announced by the Office of Grand Ayatullah Ali Sistani.
Among these provinces are: Basrah, Misan, Thi Qar, Babylon, Najaf, Baghdad, Wasit, Salaheddin, Ta'mim, Sulaimaniyah, Dyala and other provinces and cites.
Black Flags also have been raised on the Holy Sites in Iraq in the same time.
This step comes to make people feel the significance of Muharram and the necessity of receiving the month with grief commemorating the grief of the AhlulBayt AS.
