{"id":17140,"date":"2022-08-17T06:08:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T05:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/?p=17140"},"modified":"2022-08-17T06:08:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T05:08:55","slug":"iraqi-govt-decide-vaccine-requirements-arbaeen-pilgrims-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/17140\/iraqi-govt-decide-vaccine-requirements-arbaeen-pilgrims-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi Gov\u2019t to Decide on Vaccine Requirements for Arbaeen Pilgrims Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"
The governor of Iraq\u2019s Karbala Governorate said a decision will be made soon on the vaccine requirements for pilgrims visiting the country in the Arbaeen season.<\/div>\n
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Speaking at a meeting of the Iranian Arbaeen Central Headquarters in Tehran on Tuesday, Nassif Jassim al-Khattabi said the guidelines and regulations on vaccine requirements and coronavirus restrictions will be decided on in a session of the Iraqi cabinet of ministers in the near furture.<\/p>\n

He said all the necessary preparations have been made for hosting a large number of pilgrims that are expected to travel to Iraq for Arbaeen.<\/p>\n

There is full coordination among all related bodies, including the prime minister\u2019s office and the ministries of defense and interior, and others, he noted.<\/p>\n

The two ministries as well as the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) and security and intelligence bodies of Iraq have also devised a plan to ensure the security of the pilgrims, according to the official.<\/p>\n

Khattabi noted that some six million pilgrims visited the holy city of Karbala during Ashura mourning ceremonies earlier this month without facing any problems.<\/p>\n

He also said that all of the hotels, Husseiniyas (religious centers) and even homes in Karbala are ready to host Arbaeen pilgrims.<\/p>\n

Last month, Iran\u2019s Arbaeen Central Headquarters said receiving a coronavirus booster shot is necessary for those willing to travel to Iraq during the Arbaeen season.<\/p>\n

It said that only those who have received at least one COVID-19 booster shot can travel to the Arab country for the annual Arbaeen march.<\/p>\n

The Arbaeen mourning ceremony is one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.<\/p>\n

It marks the 40th day after Ashura, the martyrdom anniversary of the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), Imam Hussein (AS). The day of Arbaeen falls on September 17 this year.<\/p>\n

Each year, a huge crowd of Shias flock to Karbala, where the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) is located, to perform mourning rites.<\/p>\n

The pilgrims, mainly from Iraq and Iran, travel long routes on foot to the holy city.<\/p>\n

The Arbaeen march was held with the participation of a limited number of pilgrims, mostly Iraqis, in the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

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The governor of Iraq\u2019s Karbala Governorate said a decision will be made soon on the vaccine requirements for pilgrims visiting the country in the Arbaeen season.     Speaking at a meeting of the Iranian Arbaeen Central Headquarters in Tehran on Tuesday, Nassif Jassim al-Khattabi said the guidelines and regulations on vaccine requirements and coronavirus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7770],"tags":[13763,8063,7573,20518,10822],"class_list":["post-17140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-and-art","tag-ahl-al-bayt-a-s","tag-ashura","tag-imam-ali","tag-imam-husain","tag-shaistudies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}