famous Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman attended a majlis of Ashura (mourning ceremony for Imam Hussain) at the Al-Khoei Foundation mosque in Queen s Park, London.
He was in the majlis while filming documentary ‘The Story of God with Morgan Freeman’ for National Geographic.
The documentary premiered last April and said to explore different cultures and religions to uncover the meaning of life.
Pictures of the actor sitting cross-legged on the floor among the worshippers went viral on social media.
To mark Ashura, thousands of Muslims marched towards Oxford street carrying flags and placards with messages Terrorism is non-Islamic and British Muslims condemn ALL acts of terrorism.
The attendees while denouncing terrorism chanted slogans against it.
Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer and narrator. Freeman won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor with Million Dollar Baby (2004), and he has received Oscar nominations for his performances in Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Invictus (2009). He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Imam Hussein (the grandson of Prophet Muhammad) and his companions were martyred on Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram (Lunar month), which falls on 12th October 2016 this year. Muharram ceremonies symbolize the eternal and unwavering stance of truth against falsehood and humanity’s struggle against tyranny, the cause for which Imam Hussein was martyred.
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