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A Muslim Writer Reflects on the Meaning of Muharram Mourning Gatherings
A personal essay in Religion News Service explores how Muharram majalis, communal gatherings of grief and remembrance, connect Muslims to a living tradition of resistance against injustice.
Why We Ran This
This essay earns its place by restoring the human interior of a Muslim religious practice most readers will never have encountered, turning attention from the unfamiliar toward the dignifying.
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