Türkiye‘s president on Friday commemorated the historic martyrdom of Imam al-Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad who was killed within the yr AD 680 throughout the Battle of Karbala, in what’s now Iraq.
“I congratulate our nation and the Islamic world on the Day of Ashura, and I pray that the month of Muharram will bring peace and blessings to all humanity,” Recep Tayyip Erdoğan mentioned on Twitter/X.
The tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, also called Ashura, marks the anniversary of the passing of Mohammad’s grandson Hussein within the desert plains of Karbala, some 113 kilometers (70 miles) from the modern-day capital Baghdad.
Erdoğan additionally commemorated Al-Hussein and all of the martyrs of Karbala with mercy.
Al-Hussein, together with 72 loyal companions, was killed within the notorious Battle of Karbala in yr 61 of the Islamic calendar by the forces of Umayyad Caliph Yazid I on the tenth day of Muharram.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
