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==Arba'in Intifada== | ==Arba'in Intifada== | ||
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Baath party had put restrictions on holding religious ceremonies. It was also forbidden to erect any stand or any form of procession on the road to Karbala. However, on Safar 15, 1398/January 25, 1978 people of Najaf prepared themselves for Arba'in procession. A caravan of 30 thousand people started to move towards Karbala. It was confronted by the government from the beginning and a number of people were martyred. Finally, on the road to Karbala the army attacked people and arrested thousands of them. A number of people were killed, some were sentenced to death and some others were sentenced to life in prison. | Baath party had put restrictions on holding religious ceremonies. It was also forbidden to erect any stand or any form of procession on the road to Karbala.<ref>Muʾmin, ''Sanawāt al-jamar'', p. 165.</ref> However, on Safar 15, 1398/January 25, 1978 people of Najaf prepared themselves for Arba'in procession.<ref>Asadī, ''Mujiz tārīkh al-Irāq al-siyāsī al-ḥadīth'', p. 101.</ref> A caravan of 30 thousand people started to move towards Karbala. It was confronted by the government from the beginning and a number of people were martyred. Finally, on the road to Karbala the army attacked people and arrested thousands of them.<ref>Wiley, ''Nihḍat-i Islāmī-yi shīʿayān-i Irāq'', p. 81.</ref> A number of people were killed, some were sentenced to death and some others were sentenced to life in prison. | ||
[[Al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr]] and [[al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim]] were influential in this intifada. Imam Khomeini acknowledged this public movement as well. | [[Al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr]] and [[al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim]] were influential in this intifada.<ref>Muʾmin, ''Sanawāt al-jamar'', p. 169.</ref> Imam Khomeini acknowledged this public movement as well.<ref>Muʾmin, ''Sanawāt al-jamar'', p. 170.</ref> | ||
==During COVID-19 Pandemic== | ==During COVID-19 Pandemic== | ||