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 ...

Ashura, also known as Yom Ashura, marks the tenth day of Muharram, which is the first month in the Islamic calendar. Ashura is a day of atonement and mourning for Muslims and marks the day that Moses ...

FASCINATING images show devout Muslims using knives to cut open their heads during a traditional show of faith. Every year, thousands of Shia worshippers take part in the ceremonies, performed to ...

Hundreds of Shia Muslims chanted and beat their chests as they marched through the streets of Blackburn in an annual event to mark Ashura. Ashura is an Islamic holy day to commemorate the death of ...

As November 3 approaches, the Islamic State’s Caliph Ibrahim is preparing a deadly attack. Around October 10, 680, following his defeat at the Battle of Karbala, Husayn ibn Ali was beheaded by the ...

Muharram, the sacred first month in the Islamic lunar calendar, includes Ashura, honoring Husayn ibn Ali's sacrifice at Karbala. Referred as the ‘Sacred month of Allah’ by Prophet Muhammad- Muharram ...

This is the brutal moment a child's forehead is cut as part of a religious tradition. The Shi'a Muslim boy was slashed in the run-up to Ashura in Mumbai, India, and is considered by Shi'a Muslims to ...

Muharram is one of four sacred months in the Islamic calendar, during which warfare is forbidden. Muharram falls on different dates each year because of the Islamic lunar calendar, meaning the date ...

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, ...