Editing Rawza-Khani (section)

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A '''Rawza-Khani''' is a Shiʻite ritual sermon recounting and mourning the death and martyrdom of the prophet of Islam, Shia imams and other sacred people and events including seventh-century tragedy of [[Karbala]], which was a battle in which the Prophet's grandson [[Hussain ibn Ali|Imam Hussain]] was martyred (in what is viewed by the [[Shiʿa|Shiʻa]] as a heroic struggle against religious tyranny and corruption). The primary catalyst in the emergence of this ritual was the appearance of [[Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī Kashifi|Hussain Vaez Kashifi]]'s 1502 composition entitled [[Rawzat al-shuhada]] (The garden of martyrs). Rawza-khanis are performed in homes, mosques, [[Takiya]]s, [[Hussainiya]]s, religious sites, and even in the streets and bazaars of cities. The rawza-khani is a ritual in which a sermon is given based on a text like the Rawzat al-shuhada, with a great deal of improvisation on the part of the specially trained speaker. <ref>Kamran Aghaie (2004). Encyclopedia of Islam and Muslim World. Edited by [[Richard C. Martin]]. USA: Macmillan, P. 574.  ISBN 0-02-865912-0.</ref>