Saturday, February 4, 2012

What traditions or rituals do they follow?



1. Eid al-Adha, which marks the end of the Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca.

2. Eid al-Ghadeer, which is the anniversary of the Ghadir Khum, the occasion when Muhammad announced Ali's Imamate before a multitude of Muslims.

3. Arba'een commemorates the suffering of the women and children of Hussein ibn Ali's household. After Hussein was killed, they were marched over the desert, from Karbala (central Iraq) to Shaam (Damascus, Syria).

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