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American Shia Muslim speaks on her trip to Visit the Holy Land of Karbala and her impression on Iraq and the Iraqis compared to what she would hear on the media.

Ashura Procession 1438 / 2016 - Karbala, Iraq

BBC News - Inside Iraq's Imam Hussein (A.S) Mosque.

Just like Bethlehem and Nazareth for Christians, the Iraqi city of Karbala is one of those places Muslim children hear about from when they are very young.

Christian fathers tribute to Imam Hussein (A.S)

Hussain Lives On | Muharram 2016
The heartbreaking reenactment of the day of days (Ashura) in Karbala Iraq.
Cinematography & Edited by: Nouri Sardar
'I Salute & Mourn' recited by: Sayed Ali Radhawi

When it came to Hussein’s knowledge that Yazid had appointed `Amr ibn Sad ibn Alas. As the head of an army, ordering him to take charge of the pilgrimage caravans and to kill Hussein (A.S) wherever he could find him, he decided to leave Mecca before finishing the pilgrimage and be satisfied with performing only the Umra because he hated that the sanctity of the House might otherwise be violated. (The history of Tabari, Vol. 6, p. 177)

Ref: "Maqtal al-Hussein; Martyrdom Epic of Imam Hussein (A.S)" by: "Abd al-Razzaq al-Muqarram"