This year, millions will gather in the city of Karbala to mark Ashura ... true teachings of Islam, Sheikh Al-Ameli explains. The Shiite view is that Imam Hussein was the rightful leader of ...

Türkiye's president on Friday commemorated the historical martyrdom of Imam al-Hussein ... also known as Ashura, marks the anniversary of the passing of Mohammad’s grandson Hussein in the ...

It commemorates the brutal killing of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussain Ibn Ali (Imam ... other time than the day of Ashura and the month of Ramadan.” — Al-Bukhari “This is the day ...

Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims on Tuesday marked the festival of Ashura in Iraq's holy city of Karbala, the burial place of Imam Hussein ... said Yussef al-Ardawi, 50, an employee ...

Ashura falls on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, and commemorates the 7th century killing of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, during the battle of Karbala in modern-day ...

Today is the 10th day of Muharram -- the first month in the Islamic calendar -- when Shia Muslims mark Hussein’s death on the Day of Ashura. Al-Hussein, along with 72 loyal companions ...

Unlike Ramadan, fasting on Ashura is not compulsory. For Shia Muslims, it's a period of mourning, commemorating the martyrdom of Hussein ... Ramadan is God's month. al-Muharram, and the most ...

The Evening of Ashura; Painting by Mahmoud Farshchian Imam Hussein (AS) was got martyred after he refused ... including his six-month-old baby Ali Al Asghar, and with unyielding steadfastness." The ...

and his companions spent the night on and that day is remembered with the “Eve of Ashura”. Tasu’a is associated with Imam Hussein’s half-brother, Abolfazl al-Abbas, who fought alongside the Imam ...

Ashura falls on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, and commemorates the 7th century killing of Imam Hussein ... philosophy at Kashan university. Al Arabiya’s trending content ...