Born, according to tradition, around 570 in Mecca, the founder of Islam was a preacher, a prophet and a legislator, as well ...

Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem has reaffirmed the group’s refusal to disarm while Israel continues its airstrikes and occupies ...

The Moharram (Shahadat) observances, marking the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad’s grandsons Hasan and Hussain in the Battle of ...

Iran’ s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between ...

The month of Muharram, sacred to Muslims, also holds deep significance for the Hussaini Brahmins—a Hindu community with ...

Muharram, observed today, marks the martyrdom of Imam Hussain and is a solemn day of mourning and reflection observed across ...

Shiite Muslims are commemorating Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith.

Thousands of Shiite Muslims across the world marked Ashoura on Sunday, a solemn day marking the 7th-century martyrdom of the ...

Tens of thousands of pilgrims arrived in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday ahead of Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite ...

Thousands of mourning processions were taken out across Pakistan Sunday, the 10th day of Muharram known as Youm-e-Ashur, to ...

Sakina Yusuf Khan writes on Muharram and how it is observedMy friend Neeta is excited about Friday December 17 being a holiday for Muharram She s availing the long weekend to visit her cousin in Luckn ...