Rawdat al-Shahidain Cemetery

Rawdat al-Shahidain Cemetery (Arabic: روضة شهداء المقاومة الاسلامية‎) is the cemetery in Lebanon, located in southern suburb of Beirut, Dahiyeh.[1]

Rawdat al-Shahidayn cemetery
Details
Location
Beirut
CountryLebanon
TypePublic
Size534 hectares (1,320 acres)

History

In 1970s, there was a garden belonging to municipality of Beirut, which was densely covered by spruce-fir forest. Nowadays, it turns to a cemetery from various clans and religions, including 2000 martyrs. On 13 April 1975, two brothers named Mustafa and Mahdi Hashim (14 and 16 years old) were killed in the Eastern region of Beirut. During some adventures, the garden was chosen as a burial place for them, near the door of garden. By the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War, people who are killed were buried in the garden gradually.[2]

Following the explosion in training camp of Amal Movement, 3 killed people were brought to the garden for burying. Musa al-Sadr changed the name of garden to Rawdat al-Shahidain Cemetery when he came to pray for 3 killed people. In recent years Hezbollah has buried killing people in fighting with Israel in the cemetery.[2][3]

Notable burials
the burial place of Imad and Jihad Mughniyah

Four bodyguards of the Iran embassy in Beirut, who were killed during the 2013 bombing, were also buried in this cemetery.

In the news

Two days after the Israeli attack on Syria (2015), the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, visited Rawdat Al-Shahidain Cemetery in Beirut.[5] Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of the Iranian parliament[6] and Grand Ayatollah Hossein Noori-Hamedani,[7] the Shi'a Marja visited the cemetery too.

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See also

References
  1. "Mother of Hezbollah's Hajj Imad Mughniyeh Passes away". Al-Manar. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. "بهشت شهدای لبنان". Farsnews. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  3. "Israel, Lebanon brace for possible Hezbollah retaliation after Israeli attack". washingtonpost. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. "U.S. Slams Zarif for Putting Wreath on Mughniyeh's Tomb". naharnet. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  5. "Suleimani in 'Zulfikar's' House". sayyidali. Al Ahed News.
  6. "بروجردي يزور روضة شهداء المقاومة الإسلامية في بيروت + صور". tasnimnews. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  7. "آية الله الهمداني زار روضة شهداء المقاومة الاسلامية". lebanon.shafaqna. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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