HYDERABAD: A group of at least 30 Shia pilgrims from Hyderabad was forced to delay their annual pilgrimage to Iraq and Iran due to rising tensions in the region between Iran and Israel. The group, ...
Muharram 2025: Every year on 'Ashura', streets across India echo with grief. Men beat their chests, women weep, and children carry memories of a battle that happened 1,300 years ago. From Delhi to ...
(The Conversation) — Every year, Shiite Muslims mark the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussain with a mourning period that lasts a total of 50 days. Ashura, the tenth day of the Islamic month ...
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar, and means "forbidden," referring to warfare being forbidden this month. This month, marking the beginning of the new Islamic year, offers an ...
Despite an upsurge in coronavirus infections in Iran and a ban on weddings and large funerals, the country's famed gatherings of mourners during the Shi'ite month of Muharram will be held. The ...