{"id":2903,"date":"2026-06-26T21:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2026-06-26T21:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:06:14","slug":"massive-shiite-crowds-mark-ashoura-amid-fresh-iran-israel-us-war-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=2903","title":{"rendered":"Massive Shiite crowds mark Ashoura amid fresh Iran-Israel-US war fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>NABATIYEH, Lebanon<\/strong> | Shiite Muslims marked one of the most important days on their calendar Friday with large gatherings in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and other parts of the world to remember the seventh-century killing of Hussein, the grand son of Islam\u2019s Prophet Muhammad.<\/p>\n<p>The annual commemoration, known as Ashoura, is marked on the 10th day of the month of Muharram in the lunar-based Islamic calendar. Ashoura is the culmination of a 10-day mourning period and marks the day Hussein was killed alongside members of his family and companions as he fought against the army of Caliph Yazid, to whom Hussein had refused to pledge allegiance.<\/p>\n<p>Hussein\u2019s killing cemented the schism between Sunni and Shiite Islam and remains a powerful symbol of resistance against oppression and injustice.<\/p>\n<p>Ashoura this year comes after a war between predominantly Shiite Iran and the United States and Israel, who launched strikes on the country on Feb. 28, killing senior officials including Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The 86-year-old Khamenei was not just Iran\u2019s top political leader but also had a final say on all religious matters and was revered by millions of Shiites worldwide.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A funeral procession for Khamenei is scheduled to take place in early July.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, large crowds of people gathered in the Iraqi Shiite holy city of Karbala to mark Ashoura. Hussein is buried in the city where he was killed in the battle that took place in 680, and his shrine is visited by millions of Shiites from around the world every year.<\/p>\n<p>In Baghdad, thousands marched through the streets, including some who slashed their heads with razors and performed other forms of self-flagellation in a show of grief to mark the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>In Lebanon, where a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah is in place, thousands of black-clad mourners gathered in Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs at a shrine to Hezbollah\u2019s former longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in a series of massive Israeli strikes in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Women clutched photographs of sons and brothers killed in the war \u2014 many of them fighting for Hezbollah \u2014 while others held photographs of Nasrallah or Iran\u2019s Khamenei, who was killed in February in an attack by the U.S. and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Many of them sobbed. Expressions of grief for the death of the Imam Hussein are traditional during Ashoura, but many of the mourners were also grieving more personal losses.<\/p>\n<p>Nagham Jaber said her fiance was killed in the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis war was truly harsh on all of us, and now we are feeling the meaning of Ashoura more than usual,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh, that is usually a major center to commemorate Ashoura, dozens of people gathered near the main square, much of which was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes over the past weeks, with some of them inflicting head injuries on themselves to express their mourning. The practice is widely opposed by many Shiites, including Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Friday, state media and Associated Press journalists on the ground reported two Israeli airstrikes on the nearby village of Nabatiyeh al-Fawqa. It was not immediately clear if the strike inflicted any casualties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite all the hardships, everything happening to the Shiite Muslim community, and the wars we are facing, we came to reaffirm our loyalty, our love and our unwavering passion for Imam Hussein,\u201d said Khader Kamal.<\/p>\n<p>To Shiites, who make up the second-largest branch of Islam after the Sunni majority, the killing of Hussein holds deep religious and historical resonance and plays a key role in shaping identity.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah\u2019s leader, Naim Kassem, said in a speech Friday that Ashoura is being repeated again by the U.S. and Israel, adding that his group and its supporters were subjected to a \u201cwar of elimination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica and Israel also wanted to eliminate Iran by removing the regime and controlling the country,\u201d Kassem said. \u201cThe memorandum of understanding is a declaration of defeat for America and Israel,\u201d Kassem said of the deal reached this month between Washington and Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Sewell reported from Beirut. 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