Friday, 24 October 2014

South Beirut traffic to be rerouted for Ashoura



BEIRUT: Special road traffic arrangements will be implemented during the 10 days of Ashoura in Beirut’s predominantly Shiite-inhabited southern suburbs to facilitate access to daily ceremonies at the Islamic Shiite Council.


A police statement issued Friday, on the eve of the Islamic New Year which kicks off Ashoura, said the main road leading to the Council’s building in the neighborhood of Haret Hreik in the southern suburbs, will be opened to two-way traffic for four hours each day between 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.


The statement said the temporary measure was taken to facilitate traffic flow during the 10 days of Ashoura ceremonies.


Ashoura is a mourning period for Shiites during which ceremonies are held in remembrance of the martyred Hussein, the Prophet’s grandson who was decapitated by the Army of Caliph Yazid in A.D. 680 in Karbala, Iraq.



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