THE Day of Ashura is a holy festival of remembrance in Islam, dating back 1,300 years to events that followed the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Here, we take a closer look at the festival of Ashura, ...

Islamic New Year has started and Muslims are now preparing for one of its first key events, the Day of Ashura. We are now in Muharram, the first month of the year 1443 and the second holiest month of ...

GRUESOME photos show Shia Muslims slice their kids' heads with razors as blood-soaked worshippers cut themselves with swords to celebrate the holy festival of Ashura. Devout Muslims in cities across ...

Muharram 2021, the first month of the Islamic calendar, started on Tuesday, August 10, 2021. The Tenth day of Muharram is known as the Day of Ashura. On this day, Muslims mourn the martyrdom of Husayn ...

(The Conversation) — Tens of millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world will visit Iraq on Sept. 10 this year to see the shrines of Hussain, grandson of Prophet Mohammed, and his brother Abbas ...

Muharram 2021: Wondering whether to fast on the 9th or 10th of Muharram? Know the Islamic reason behind why Muslims fast on Ashura and the difference in the Ashura celebrations of Shias and Sunnis ...

Muharram 2021: Muharram is the period of grief for Shia Muslims across the world. It is the month of mourning for the death of Hazrat Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. On Muharram, ...

Muharram 2021: Here’s when Shia and Sunni Muslims in India, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and other countries will mark the day of Ashura or the tenth day of Muharram this year Muharram is the first month in ...

Unlike other events in the Islamic calendar, Muharram is a month of praying and mourning. (Picture courtesy: IE) Muharram 2021: Like any other important date in the Islamic calendar, Muharram also ...