- Title: Thousands of Iraqis commemorate the anniversary of the death of Imam Kadhim
- Date: 6th February 2024
- Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FEBRUARY 5, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS WALKING AND RIDING ON TRUCKS DURING MARCH TO COMMEMORATE THE DEATH OF SHI'ITE IMAM MOUSSA AL-KADHIM VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS WALKING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) A PILGRIM FROM KUT PROVINCE, UMM FATIMAH, SAYING: "We came from Kut. We have been walking for five days. Thank God, everything is available - food, medicine and convoys (visitor service tents), security forces. There is nothing missing. This is one of the rituals. And whoever revives the rituals of God, it is part of the piety of the hearts. This is a ritual that we perform every year. Every year we come to Imam al-Kadhim on foot." BAGHDAD, IRAQ (FEBRUARY 6, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERING NEAR IMAM MOUSSA AL-KADHIM SHRINE IN BAGHDAD VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CARRYING A MOCK COFFIN DURING A COMMEMORATION PILGRIMS GATHERING VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS REACTING AS THEY PRAY (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) A PILGRIM FROM BASRA PROVINCE, YASEEN HMEID, SAYING: " Regarding the events that our Palestinian brothers in Gaza are going through, they are truly painful events, and we pray to God, for the sake of the Imam, to grant victory to our brothers in Gaza, to grant them victory over the criminal Zionist enemy who killed children and displaced families, unjustly and in aggression. We invoke in prayer Musa bin Jaafar, and Gharib Tus (one of the titles of the Imam), to take revenge on the Zionists. By the right of this day and this martyrdom of the Imam on this great day." PILGRIMS PRAYING IN THE SHRINE COMPOUND PILGRIMS REACTING WHILE PRAYING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERING NEAR THE SHRINE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) A PILGRIM FROM BAGHDAD, ADNAN ABED HASAN, SAYING: "Thank God, we completed the visit and came. We thank all those who contributed to facilitating these matters. Despite the fact that we know what is happening in occupied Palestine, unfortunately, and the silence of the world and the silence of the Arab countries about it as well, and what is happening in Gaza, which is a Muslim country above all else and says there is no God but God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God, and we hope that our voice will be heard to the world and all free people in the world, no matter who they are, they are Muslims." VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS PRAYING
- Embargoed: 20th February 2024 13:42
- Keywords: BAGHDAD IRAQ PILGRIMS SHRINE
- Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- City: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Middle East,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001814206022024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Thousands of Iraqi pilgrims flocked from various provinces around the country to the capital to mark the anniversary of the death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim on Tuesday (February 6).
Carrying a mock coffin during a symbolic funeral marking the death of Shi'ite Imam, crowds marched around al-Kadhim shrine, in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district.
"Thank God, we completed the visit and came. We thank all those who contributed to facilitating these matters." said one of the pilgrims attending the commemoration.
The annual festival is one of the largest religious festivals in the Iraqi capital.
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