2020 CE

Year 2020 CE^[1] which is a leap year in the Gregorian calendar started on Wednesday, Jumada I 5, 1441 AH, and ended on Thursday, Jumada I 16, 1442 AH.^[2]^[3]

Events

January 8 – The Iranian missile attack on the US Ayn al-Asad airbase in Ain al-Asad in Iraq in response to the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. (Jumada I 12, 1441 AH)^[4]
September 11 – The abolition of the veil ban in Austria after attempts by Austrian Muslims, especially Shi'as. (Muharram 23, 1442 AH) ^[5]

Deaths

January 3 – The assassination of the General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of the IRGC, along with companions including Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy chief of the PMC, by US drone strike near Baghdad airport. (Jumada I 7, 1441 AH)^[6]
January 9 – Hashim Rasuli Mahallati, representative of the second assembly of the Iranian Assembly of Experts. (Jumada I 13, 1441 AH)^[7]
February 27 – Hadi Khusrushahi, the Shiite jurist and historian, due to coronavirous, (Rajab 3, 1441 AH)^[8]
March 16 – Hashim Batha'i, a member of the Assembly of Experts of Iran, (Rajab 21, 1441 AH)^[9]
March 28 – Ja'far Karimi, one of the Ayatollah Khomeini's students and a member of Ayatollah Khamenei's inquiry board, (Sha'ban 3, 1441 AH)^[10]
April 24 – Ibrahim Amini Najafabadi, a jurist, representative of Qom in the Assembly of Experts of Leadership and imam of Friday prayer Qom. (Ramadan 1, 1441 AH)^[11]
September 12 – Yusif Sani'i, an Iranian Shi'a jurist and a member of the Guardian Council and the Expediency Discernment Council, and the imam of Qom Friday prayer. (Muharram 24, 1442 AH)^[12]
November 19 – Muhammad Hakim Samadi, one of the founders of the Revolutionary Council for Islamic Unity in Afghanistan and a member of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) World Assembly. (Rabi' II 3, 1442 AH)^[13]
November 22 – Sayyid Muhammad Husayn al-Husayni al-Jalali, an Islamic scholar and the founder of "The Open School," a Shi'a center located in Chicago, USA. (Rabi' II 6, 1442 AH)^[14]
November 24 – Sayyid Kalbe Sadiq Naqvi, a prominent Indian figure and a member of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) World Assembly. (Rabi' II 8, 1442 AH)^[15]
December 3 – Ja'far al-Hadi, religious scholar, preacher, and translator, and a member of the Supreme Council of the Ahl al-Bayt (a) World Assembly. (Rabi' II 17, 1442 AH)^[16]
December 9 – Muhammad Yazdi, president of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom, and former head of the judiciary in Iran. (Rabi' II 23, 1442 AH)^[17]

Notes

[1] Common Era

[2] WikiShia dates

[3] Calendar converter

[4] Iran launches missile attacks on US facilities in Iraq.

[5] Austrian Constitutional Court overturns headscarf ban in schools

[6] APNA News Agency: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirms the martyrdom of Soleimani. (Arabic)

[7] President condoles Ayatollah Rasouli Mahallati’s passing

[8] President condoles Hojjatolaeslam val-Moslemin Seyyed Hadi Khosroshahi's passing

[9] Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani, politician

[10] Ayatollah Sayyed Ja’far Karimi has passed away

[11] Ayatollah Ibrahim Amini passed away

[12] Leader Praises Ayatollah Saanei Who Passed Away Saturday

[13] Senior Shiite scholar in Europe passes away

[14] Condolences on the passing of His Eminence, Sayyid Mohammad Hussein al-Husseini al-Jalali

[15] Indian Shia Cleric Kalbe Sadiq Naqvi Passes Away at 83

[16] Ayatollah Jafar al-Hadi (Khoshnevis) passes away

[17] Ayatollah Yazdi, Iran’s Senior Cleric Passed Away

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