AhlulBayt News Agency

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14 December 2013

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Iran to Offer Brief Biography of Imam Hussein to Foreign Ambassadors

Tehran Municipality has prepared a brief review of Imam Hussein’s life and his uprising whihc will be offered to ambassadors of foreign countries in Tehran.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) The scheme is meant to mark the 40th day since the anniversary of Ashura in Tehran with the aim of raising awareness about the philosophy of Imam Hussein’s movement.

The work is entitled as the ‘Charter of Freedom’ and has been adopted from a section of a book by Rasoul Jafarian entitled as ‘the Intellectual-Political Life of Shi’a Imams’.

The section of the book about Imam Hussein has been rendered into English to the target readers to enjoy learning about Imam Hussein’s life and martyrdom.

Arba'een ("forty") is a Shi’a Muslim religious observance that occurs 40 days after the Day of Ashura.

It commemorates the martyrdom of Hussein bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad which falls on the 20th day of the month of Safar.

Imam Hussein and 72 of his supporters martyred in the Battle of Karbala in the year 61 AH (680 CE), killed by Yazid's army.

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