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Singapore Shia

Early Presence , Beginnings of local Malay Shia presence Shia Ithna ’Asheri muslims have been in Singapore since before the First World War of 1914 to 1918. Muharram majaalis (gatherings to commemorate the tragic martyrdom of Imam Husain (a.s.) and his followers at Karbala) were held and continued after the war for several decades at the homes of two prominent families – the Namazie family, and a Khoja family, that of Rajabali Jumabhoy. During the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1942 to 1945, prisoners of war from the British Indian army and other local shia were allowed to commemorate Muharram and organize processions related to it.

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