Each Ta'ziyeh _ the word means " mourning " _ is based on the same event, the Battle of Kerbala in A . D . 680, during which Imam Hussein, the grandson of Muhammad, and his followers were killed.
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THEATER-TAZIYEH ( New York ) _ Part ritual, part spectacle, Ta'ziyeh is presented once a year to tell the story of the Battle of Kerbala in which Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, and his followers were killed in A . D . 680.