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13 July 2024

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World Al-Asghar Day held in Nigeria

Followers of Ahlulbayt in Nigeria have commemorated the martyrdom of Ali Asghar, son of Imam Hussain (as), who was despite being an infant, slaughtered by the army of Yazid son of Muawiyah at Karbala.

AhlulBayt News Agency: Followers of Ahlulbayt in Nigeria have commemorated the martyrdom of Ali Asghar, son of Imam Hussain (as), who was despite being an infant, slaughtered by the army of Yazid son of Muawiyah at Karbala.

In Bauchi State, women carrying infants and babies demonstrated during the mourning.

After the demonstration, the leader of Attaqreeb Unity Foundation in Nigeria, Hojjatul Islam, Sheikh Tahir Umar Sulaiman delivered a speech on the inhumane and cruelty of Yazid and his army against the holy progeny of Prophet Muhammad (PBH) while some Sunni Muslims attended the event.

World Infants Day narrates and screens the incident of Ashura and Al Umayyad's oppression, pressures, and bullying against Imam Hussain and his companions more than 1,300 years ago.

There, in the event and a symbolic move, mothers clad their infants in green to commemorate the youngest martyr of the Karbala, Ali Asghar, announcing their allegiance to follow the path of Imam Hussain.


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