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Manama center opens to highlight Ashoora tragedy

By: Ali Al-Qadumi

MANAMA, Bahrain: Marking the oncoming month of Muharram, a temporary centre opens on Thursday night to help non-Arabic speakers experience and understand the Ashoora.

Tents are being set up on open ground opposite the American Mission Hospital (AMH), in Manama, to highlight the tragedy of martyrdom of Al-Imam Al-Hussain (peace be upon him ), grandson of holy Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him and his pure progeny).

They are being set up by the Islamic Awareness Centre and will remain in place until February 20.

Centre information committee head, Dr Hussain Shams, said the centre would provide daily lectures in English at 8.15pm.

"They will be similar in all aspects to those in Arabic held in majalis, ma'tams and mosques all around Bahrain," he said.

"The first lectures will be given by Bahraini clergyman Dr Shaikh Maitham Al Salman and later by visiting Iranian clergyman Sayed Rahmanian.

"Lectures will be followed by question and answer sessions focusing on the Imam's philosophy in life, beliefs and ideology."

Publications in several languages - including Urdu, Thai and Tagalog - will also be available and distributed on a daily basis.

This is the second such event organized by the centre and follows the success of the first one last year.

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