A Sociological Analysis of the Civilizational Functions of the Arbaeen Procession of Imam Hossein (AS)

The Arbaeen procession, which has now reached a global scale, has depicted a manifestation of the united Islamic nation and a dynamic and symbolic movement of religious culture and civilization.  The research question is, what are the civilizing functions of the Arbaeen procession with a sociological approach?  The writing of this article is the result of 40 interviews with academic and seminary elites using a qualitative method of thematic analysis and text coding, and extracting key and selected concepts and categories of civilization that has finally reached multiple categories.  The findings of the research show that identity-building, order, and integration are among the social-civilizational functions, deepening spirituality and self-improvement are among the moral-civilizational and authority-creating functions, the unity of the Islamic world, and security, is part of the political-civilizational functions of the Arbaeen Hosseini march.