Ashura is on Wednesday, January 7th. It is the most sacred Shi’ite day of mourning the anniversary of the death of Husayn bin Ali (the Shia patriarch), the grandson of Muhammad.
Historically, this is the day Sunnis attack Shias as apostates (Karbala 2004, Bridge of the Imams 2005). Ashura marchers bloody and beat themselves to show piety.
Us infidels have been pretty safe on that day so far.
Wednesday is also the Coptic and Orthodox Christian Christmas.
There will be a Shia march on Park Avenue or Madison Avenue like last year.
Lots of NYPD security, though.
This would be an ideal opportunity for AQ to hit both the Shias and America with suicide/car bombers.
Thank you Race for your post.
I probably would be skeptical except I’ve been in a situation where there were similar warnings. 126 people died in the event. Because I had heard warnings I knew enough to run when things started popping.
One of the earliest warnings I had was from cab drivers. Not directly. However, that day ZERO cabs showed up at the location that was attacked.
Cab drivers seem to know what’s going on.
Wow. Quite a significant day, January 7 is? Probably most of us did not know of the importance to Orthodox Christians, and Shi’ites. It is also the Feast of the Epiphany (the 12 day of Christmas).