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by Shervin Nekuee
Iran’s Green Movement is getting ready for Muharram, the holiest Islamic month for Shia Muslims who are the majority of Iranian population. The month Muharram will start this Friday the 18th of December. The Day of Ashura (عاشوراء (ʻĀshūrā’, Ashura, Ashoura, and other spellings) is on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Remembrance of Muharram. It is commemorated by the Shia Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram in the year 61 AH (October 10, 680 AD[1]).
From the old days the Remembrance of Muharram symbolize the ethical superiority of the braves and justice seeking heroes in confrontation with mighty and powerful tyrannical rules. It is a call for stand up and fight against unjust. During the 1978-1979 revolution the Remembrance of Muharram turned to the hugest street protest against Shah and his regime. Thirty years later and three days ahead from Muharram of 2009, the overwhelming amount of posters and video clips by Green Movements approve that peoples protests will turn this year’s Imam Husayn Remembrance to a street protest against the political tyranny again.
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