From Ahmad Muhammad, Bauchi
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has completed arrangement to embark on its annual Arbaeen Symbolic Trek on August 21st, 2024.
Arbaeen is an annual religious practice usually conducted on 20th Safar of Islamic calendar to mark the 40th day of the murder of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammed who was killed on 10th Muharram.
The annual arbaeen symbolic trek being performed annually is a religious commitment that Muslims or Non-muslims should not surrender to a tyrannical rule or a tyrant leader.
According to the Bauchi state representative of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Malam Ahmad Yusuf Yashi, the annual religious rite event affects all Muslims globally.
Malam Ahmad Yusuf Yashi who was speaking to journalists Tuesday in Bauchi said prior to the symbolic trek day scheduled to commence on Wednesday, the Pambegua axis of the annual event comprised of five states of Bauchi, Adamawa, Taraba, Nasarawa and Plateau with their point at Pambegua, trekking to Zaria in Kaduna state.
“If you go to this country Nigeria, you can see that the event is marked by Muslims and Shi’ite in particular, but if you take the world at large, all Muslims use to do that. For instance, in Iran Christians used to avail themselves in this trekking, both sunni and Shi’ite Muslims, and the non-muslims alike, there are Christians population in Iran, they conduct this trekking together side by side”.
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