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Arbaeen Pilgrimage is the second largest gatherings which is held every year at the end of a 40-day mourning period following Ashura, the religious ritual for the commemoration of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hossein ibn Ali's death in 680. and the pilgrims make the journey on foot.

Background

Jabir ibn Abd Allah was the first pilgrim of Husayn ibn Ali in the Arba'een of 61 AH. According to narrations, the custom of performing the pilgrimage on foot was forgot during a time period after Morteza Ansari and it was revived by Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi in an Eid al-Adha who repeated this action every year performing the last one by 1319 AH. Some other scholars and Marja's kept on the same manner in Arba'een up to the Saddam's time during which the pilgrimage was banned although some people used to perform it secretly. It was revived just after Saddam's overthrow in 2003.

Analysis

Over 19 million people from 40 countries of the word participate this pilgrimage, making it the second largest gatherings which is held every year. The pilgrims face dangers such as attacks that have been blamed on Sunni extremists, who have routinely targeted the pilgrims using car bombs or rockets. The pilgrimage is performed under "tightened security" guarded by tens of thousands of Iraqi police and soldiers backed by armored vehicles and military helicopters to protect the pilgrims.

References

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3. ^ Staff writers (14 December 2014). "Shia pilgrims flock to Karbala for Arbaeen climax". BBC.
4. ^ Karadsheh, Jomana (12 January 2012). "Shiite pilgrims make their way to Iraqi holy city amid tight security". CNN. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
5. ^ Staff writers. "The background of Arba'een rally/The importance of Najaf-Karbala rally from scholar's viewpoint". Fars News. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
6. Dearden, Lizzie (25 November 2014). "One of the world's biggest and most dangerous pilgrimages is underway". The Independent. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
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