Muharram in Oman; From the multinational mourning ceremony to the tragic incident of Wadi al-Kabeer

Mehr News Agency, International Group, Elnaz Rahmatnejad: Government and The people of Oman, despite having the Abadhi religion, one of the Sunni religions, are trying to organize the funeral ceremony of Hosseini (PBUH) as magnificent as possible.

Attending gatherings and participating in speech ceremonies, providing homes or not hindering the establishment of Hosseinian rituals in localities and takayas, especially in areas where other religions live in Oman. It will be.

In 2019, a clip of the presence of Sunni and Abadi Omani citizens at the mourning ceremony for Hosseini was prepared and broadcast. This clip with the title “No to division” was widely published in many Omani internet news networks and was welcomed by users in the virtual space.

Omani’s style of mourning is similar to Iraqis. One of the points that is noticeable in the mourning of Shiites in Oman is that they are very regular; For example, if the ceremony starts at 8:00 PM, it must end at 10:00 PM and the program will be set exactly. It is a 50-minute lecture and about 40 minutes of eulogy and breaststroke. In the mourning ceremony of Oman, the focus is more on the speech.

Mourning ceremonies in this country start with the beginning of Muharram and often continue until the end of Safar, which is welcomed by the people and the participants They perform mourning ceremonies, chanting and breast-beating according to their traditions, and they welcome the lovers of Ahl al-Bayt Immaculate and Purity (A.S.).

The great Shiite mosques and hosseiniyehs bring famous and prominent speakers from Lebanon, Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to this country in order to hold their ceremonies as magnificently as possible. They invite.

At the same time with the arrival of Muharram 1446, we started to introduce mourning habits and customs in the Islamic world.

Parts 1 to 8 of this report, which are dedicated to mourning habits and customs in Lebanon, Pakistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, England, America, and Afghanistan, can be read and reviewed from the links below. :

* “Secret in Lebanon; from ceremony prayer party Allah in Dahiya Ta recitation in Nabatieh”

* “Muhrem in Pakistan; Fromthe symbolic ceremony “Zul-Janah” to Ship “Ship Salvation”

* “Moharram Hosseini’s riot in Iraq; From the ceremony of changing the flag to the “Rakzah Toweerij”

* “Mahram in Kuwait; From the presence of the Sunnis next to the Shiites to the restrictions of mourning”

* “Secret in Turkey; from Holding Tazee 300 thousand people Ta Zainabiya Istanbul”

* “Muharram riot among Muslims living in England; From the infatuation of the Christian priest to the three-kilometer mourning procession”

* “Secret in America; From Imam Hussain’s Day in Manhattan to reading ta’zieh in Maryland”

* “Secret in Afghanistan; from glory mourning in Ghazni to Ceremony Secret Kandahar”

In the following, we will read the detailed ninth part of this case, which deals with mourning habits and customs in Oman;

CeremonyRaising flag mourning Imam Hussein (AS)

At the same time as the beginning of Muharram 1446, a special ceremony was held to raise the mourning flag of Imam Hussein (AS) by donating the blessed flag of Imam Hussein’s (AS) holy shrine to the organizers of the mourning ceremony for the martyrs of Imam Hussein (AS). Hussain (a.s.) and his companions were buried in Imam Hussain (a.s.) Hussainiyah in the Al-Khoud district of Muscat, the capital of Oman.

alivekeep having movement Karbala bys and various tribes

Different nationalities and ethnic groups of this country, with a heart full of love for Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.) and the family of innocence and purity, and in response to the uprising of Imam Hussain (a.s.) in different cities, in A large and significant attendance from the first day of Muharram, while holding funeral ceremonies for Hosseini in mosques and Hosseiniyehs and Takiyas, by holding traditional meetings of reciting rosary, reciting requiems, ta’ziyeh and similes, and setting up breaststroke groups, kept the passionate movement of Karbala alive.

MourningMultinational

The gathering centers of Indian and Pakistani nationalities in Muttrah and Wadi Kabir areas in Muscat, the capital of Oman, have witnessed mourning ceremonies in the days of Muharram, especially in the middle of the night. . Different nationalities from other countries also participate in these ceremonies and perform breaststroke in honor of Sarwar and Salar of the martyrs and his honorable companions.

shooting and siege over from 700 mourner in Wadi Al-Kabir

While on the evening of Monday, July 25, at the same time as the night of Ashura, the Persian Gulf countries from Kuwait to Saudi Arabia and Oman were the scene of mourning for the lovers of Imam Hussain (AS), the Hussain mourners of Oman by The Takfiris were killed in a Hussainiyah in Wadi al-Kabeer area near Muscat. During this shooting, which was carried out by unknown people, a number of mourners were martyred. Such incidents are rare in the Kingdom of Oman, one of the most stable countries in the region.

According to the report of Reuters news agency, the Omani police issued a statement confirming the attack and announced that according to the preliminary statistics, during the shooting of Hosseini mourners, 6 people were killed, including a martyred policeman and 28 others. They were injured.

This statement also states that all security measures have been taken to deal with the situation and additional measures and necessary investigations will be carried out.

On the other hand, some social network users also published pictures and videos of this armed attack. According to these users, more than 700 mourners were surrounded by the attackers in this Hosseinieh, and the security forces were also present at the scene of the incident.

Some unofficial sources have also announced that this attack was carried out on a Hussainiyya near the Wadi al-Kabir mosque.

According to the police, three perpetrators of the shooting incident in the mosque were killed and the investigation into the circumstances of the Wadi al-Kabir incident continues.

The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country, in response to the shooting incident at the mourning ceremony of Seyyed al-Shahda (peace be upon him) in Muscat, condemned this controversial action and Iran’s support to the government and people of the Sultanate of Oman against the currents announced the divisive.

According to Reuters, the ISIS group took responsibility for the attack on Hosseiniyeh, the venue for the Hosseini Ashura ceremony in Oman, which, according to local sources, left at least nine dead, three of them They were among the invaders.

Iran, Pakistan, Ammar Hakim, the head of Iraq’s national wisdom movement, Jamiat Islami Al-Wafaq in Bahrain condemned the shooting at a mourning ceremony in Oman.