AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): A Moukeb has been set up in Iraq during the Arbaeen season in which pilgrims renew allegiance with the cause of Palestine and al-Quds.
The Nida al-Aqsa (voice of Al-Aqsa) Moukeb has been launched on the road between the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala.
It is located at the pole number 833 of Najaf-Karbala road.
Moukebs are resting places with special facilities and services for Arbaeen pilgrims.
A large number of pilgrims, including scholars, clerics and activists from different countries have visited the Nida al-Aqsa Moukeb.
They make a stop there to voice their solidarity with Palestinians amid the Israeli regime's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
There is also an exhibition mounted at Moukeb featuring photos of martyred fighters of the Islamic resistance movements in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq.
Arbaeen is a religious event that is observed by Shia Muslims on the fortieth day after the Day of Ashura. It commemorates the 40th day of martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the third Shia imam, who was killed by the army of Yazid I in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE.
Arbaeen is also known as the Ziyarat of Arbaeen, which means the visitation of Imam Hussein’s (AS) shrine in Karbala, Iraq, where his body is buried. Ziyarat is an act of pilgrimage and devotion in Shia Islam.
Arbaeen is one of the largest annual pilgrimages in the world, with millions of Shia Muslims from different countries walking to Karbala from various cities in Iraq and neighboring countries. The distance can range from 80 km to 500 km or more, depending on the starting point.
This year’s Arbaeen falls on August 25.
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