Messages of Arbaeen Walking as Media

Zahed Ghaffari Hashjin | Mohsen Mohammadi Khanghahi

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URL :   http://research.shahed.ac.ir/WSR/WebPages/Report/PaperView.aspx?PaperID=137893
Date :  2019/12/07
Publish in :    International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding

Link :  https://ijmmu.com/index.php/ijmmu/article/view/1456
Keywords :Arba’een Walking, Cultural, Media, Message, Political, Social

Abstract :

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Arba’een Walking is the most unrivaled assembly in the world that can be considered as a Shiite religious symbol. Arba’een Walking has numerous political, cultural and social implications, and today the media function of this movement has continued to have a huge and widespread impact over the centuries since Ashura. This article seeks to answer the key question, What are the messages of Arba’een Walking as a media outlet? In this regard, the qualitative method of document analysis was used, and the data have been collected from different sources. According to the findings of the study, the most important political message of the Arba’een Walking is the unity of the Islamic Ummah. Love for freedom and fighting arrogance as well as maneuvering authority are other political messages of Arbaeen. Also, reinforcing the thoughts and affection of the Ahlul-Bayt, the deep connection with Husseins sayings, as well as the strengthening and promotion of the culture of self-sacrifice are some of Arbaeen cultural messages. Order and solidarity, the possibility of transnational solidarity and convergence, transcendental and group solidarity as well as the manifestation of social capital can be defined in the form of Arbaeen social messages.