In numbers.. Services of the Department of religious affairs during the Ziyarat Ashura

The Department of religious affairs at the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine announced the result of its works and services during the Ziyarat Ashura in the city of Karbala since the seventh to the thirteenth of the month of Muharram, confirming the provision of services to more than 300 thousand people.

The head of the Department, Sheikh Salah al-Karbalai, said that "the department provided its services to 319,450 beneficiaries during the Ziyarat, 7,700 people benefited from the services of answering religious questions through 123 employees, preachers and 15 volunteers, in addition to 50 other volunteers for the moral and logistical support division, through seven preaching sites, five of which are in the courtyard of Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas (peace be upon him), and one each in the area between the Two Holy Shrines and the Maqam of Master of Time (may Allah hasten hos holy reappearance), as well as 700 beneficiaries of answering religious questions via preaching sites and telephone communication at a rate of almost 100 religious questions per day.

He added that the prayers of the congregation held by the department inside the holy courtyard, the basements and the Maqam of the Master of time (may Allah hasten his holy reappearance) were attended by about 148,000 visitors, and 28,000 were in the lectures of the Husseini councils held inside the holy shrine, the department also distributed 10 thousand books of supplications to visitors, and 5 thousand publications related to the Ziyarat, while preparing and checking 25 Hadiths and instructions related to the Blessed Ziyarat through the screens unit, to display it to about 5,600 people.

As for the moral and logistical support division, al-Karbalai said that it provided multiple services, the most important of which was raising the banner of Imam Aba Abdillah al-Hussayn (peace be upon him) in three places: Mosul city center, Sinjar district, and the entrance to Tikrit city in the presence of 500 people, and spreading blackness in five cities: Samarra city, Mosul Center, Sinjar, hatmiya district, and Diyala city with almost the same attendance, six Hussainian councils were organized in the Nineveh Plain in the presence of 6,300 people, and another four in Sinjar attended by 4,550 people.

The division set up a center for religious questions in the Bartella area on the way of believers heading to the Maqam of Imam as-Sajjad (peace be upon him), to provide services for 350 people, organize a parade for the army of Imam al-Hussayn (peace be upon him) and the Ibn Saad camp in front of 1000 attendees, and organize three movie screenings in Sinjar to read history before the tragic event of at-Taf in three areas for about 1500 people to watch, in addition to a major Husseini march in the same district with the participation of 500 people, according to al-Karbalai.

He pointed out that the division presented the at-Taf tragedy in the Mosul city center in front of 500 people, read the Maqtal in Sinjar to 250 people, organized a candles' march at the two mentioned sites with the participation of 1000 people, the establishment of the Zinjeel mourning Council in Sinjar with the participation of 500 mourners, and presented the events of Ashura day through the "Tashabeeh" in the same district in front of 1000 people.

He pointed out that the department provided food and drink to visitors through two processions in an area between the Two Holy Shrines so that 96,000 thousand visitors benefit from them.