{"id":80360,"date":"2025-08-17T08:18:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T04:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/?p=80360"},"modified":"2026-01-14T09:47:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:17:45","slug":"arbaeen-procession-underscores-muslims-resistance-unity-senior-cleric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/uncategorized\/arbaeen-procession-underscores-muslims-resistance-unity-senior-cleric\/","title":{"rendered":"Arbaeen procession underscores Muslims\u2019 resistance, unity: Senior cleric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><strong>According to the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly News Portal: <\/strong>At the Arbaeen pilgrimage, Muslims gather in solidarity to convey a unified message of resistance and justice, says an Iranian official.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Hojat-ol-Islam Mohammad-Hassan Akhtri, the head of the Committee for Supporting the Palestinian People\u2019s Islamic Revolution, affiliated to the office of the Iranian president, emphasized the significance of this year\u2019s Arbaeen procession as a powerful symbol of unity and resistance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">He described Arbaeen as \u201ca symbol of unity and cohesion among Muslims and followers of Ahl al-Bayt (AS), showing that the people of the world seek justice and oppose oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">He added that the pilgrimage \u201csends a clear message to Israel and the US that Muslim nations will not succumb to bullying, stand with justice, and align with the resistance movements of Palestine, Lebanon, Gaza, and other regions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">He said this presence \u201csignals that they follow the school of Imam Hussein (AS): the school of martyrdom and steadfastness,\u201d and that Muslim nations \u201cwill continue to confront the tyranny and crimes of powerful states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\u201cThis presence carries a message to the resistance in Palestine, Gaza, and Lebanon\u2014that we are with you and stand by your side,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">He highlighted that Arbaeen \u201cis not only a religious and spiritual ceremony but an opportunity to strengthen unity, empathy, and resistance against the enemies of Islam,\u201d expressing his hope \u201cthis epic movement will be celebrated more magnificently each year, delivering its message of peace, justice, and resistance to the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Arbaeen marks the 40th day after Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) in Karbala in 680 AD. It is one of the world\u2019s largest annual peaceful gatherings\u2014this year, millions of pilgrims have converged on Karbala, journeying from across Iraq and beyond to express solidarity in grief, faith, and resistance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">The backdrop of these remarks is a devastating escalation of the situation in Gaza where Israeli military attacks and starvation campaign has killed more than 61,700 Palestinians, mostly women and children, since October 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Arbaeen pilgrimage, Muslims gather in solidarity to convey a unified message of resistance and justice, says an Iranian official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":80838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1641,1642],"class_list":["post-80360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-arbaeen-pilgrimage","tag-ayatollah-akhtari"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80841,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80360\/revisions\/80841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}