An explosive planted in a taxi Thursday detonated in a Damascus suburb near a Shiite Muslim shrine, one day before the solemn holy day of Ashura, and there were reports of several casualties.

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"Zareer" is a puppet show centered on the narration of the Day of Ashura, tailored for young audiences. This initiative is part of a campaign emphasizing artistic performance, creative activities, and ...

Shiite Muslims in Texas and around the world Monday are mourning the massacre of Husayn ibn Ali, his family members and companions — a slaughter that occurred roughly 1,350 years ago and is one of the ...

Shiite Muslims across the globe on Tuesday observed Ashura, an annual commemoration mourning the seventh-century martyrdom of a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. Imam Hussein bin Ali’s death in the ...

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This Wednesday, Dr. S. Jaffar Kazmi, a lab pathologist at Geisinger Medical Center, will join Muslims around the world in taking time to honor the sacrifice of Hussain bin Ali, a grandson of the ...

The Police Command in Kaduna State said it had banned all forms of unlawful gathering by the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) including its planned Ashura procession. The Command’s ...

KABUL — Last year we were late, so we were there when the bomb went off in the Afghan capital. Suddenly I was nearly thrown off my feet by crowds of men running away, from the Ashura Shia holy day ...

An apparent suicide bomb tore through a Shiite religious procession in Pakistan Thursday, killing more than a dozen people and wounding many more. The attack came on Ashura, one of the holiest days in ...