According to rahyafte (the missionaries and converts website): The Islamic Center of Jakarta hosted the first night of the rituals with the mourners observing the health protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Hojat-ol-Islam Abdolmajid Hakim Elahi delivered a speech at the program.
He underlined the need for keeping alive the mourning rituals for Imam Hussein (AS) martyrdom and disseminating the message of Ashura uprising.
The mourners beat their chests as elegies were recited in memory of the martyrs of Karbala.
Shia Muslims around the world mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the Sayyid-ul-Shuhada (master of martyrs), in Muharram, the first month in the lunar Hijri calendar (began Friday).
The third Shia Imam (AS) and a small group of his followers and family members were martyred by the tyrant of his time – Yazid Bin Moaweya, in the battle of Karbala on the tenth day of Muharram (known as Ashura) in the year 680 AD.
Source:iqna
