SYDNEY, Australia: A Husseini Procession was held in Sydney, comprised of hundreds of mourning devotees, for the first time in the history of Australia.

The black-dressed mourners – men, women and children - in the procession that was taken out on the Day of Ashura were chanting Husseini dirges in one voice after Husseini elegists Sayyed Hussein Al-Husseini and Al-Haj Majid Al-Ebadi, and beating their heads and chests with hands to signify their grief over the sufferings of Imam Hussein (A) and his Ahlul Bait (A).

Mourners belonging to different countries that reside in Sydney participated in the two-hour procession which culminated at speeches by Ayatullah Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Al-Ansari in Arabic, Hujjatul Islam wa Al-Moslimin Sayyed Shabeer Rizvi (from London) in Urdu, Hujjatul Islam wa Al-Moslimin Sayyed Jawad Hashemi Nejad (from Holy Qum) in Persian, and Haj Zain Sharif in English.

He read to the mourners a proclamation about Imam Hussein (A), his stand, objective of his stand (Qayam) and his high status in the sight of Allah and holy Prophet (S), as well as non-Muslims. It was distributed to the people of other religions present at the march.     

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