Tag Archives: Ashura

The Arba’een pilgrimage has become the focal point of all sociopolitical and geopolitical developments. It is the religious engine, so to speak, that is fueling the rise of increasingly assertive Shia organizations that have been the only political entities in recent decades to...

It’s not the Muslim Hajj, or the Hindu Kumbh Mela.. Known as Arbaeen, it is the world’s most populous gathering and you’ve probably never heard of it...

While thousands of Muslims marched through London and different parts of Europe to protest against ISIS and terrorism and to commemorate the event of Karbala on the Day of Ashura, the...

The martyrdom of Imam Husayn was the occasion of his true birth, for it signified his life and his destiny. His martyrdom clearly revealed a man faced with no option as the events in the final days of his...

Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Saeed Hakim, the Shia Iraqi Marja’ asked academics and intellectuals to play their part in introducing and maintaining the realities of Islam as well as the legacy of...

The message of Hussein’s movement went beyond the Muslim world and followers of other religions also believe in the freedom seeking of Hussein ibn Ali (PBUH) and looked at the beauty of Ashura in their own eyes, said Dr. Anthoan Barra a Christian author, journalist and...

Arbaeen pilgrimage provides a chance for prominent scientists, scholars, writers, clerics and politicians from different parts of the world to gather in Karbala; we must make the most out of such great opportunity to discuss present issues in Islamic world and...

Shia Global app is your everyday tool to be informed of all the Shia events from Majlis to Jashan, Juloos to Demonstrations, Seminar to Picnic/campfire, Shabe Juma to Friday Prayers and...

Hussein’s movement is defined from the beginning to the end in the structure of Imamiya jurisprudence. Although some know Karbala, Ashura, and its calamities as a movement beyond jurisprudence, some also believe that Ashura is fully covered by jurisprudence and has rules that cannot be...

With the advent of the blessed month of Muharram and the new year for Muslims Ayatollah Sayed Fadel Milani highlighted the importance of Azadari in the West and in particular the virtue and principles of Imam Hussain (as), martyred Grandson of the Holy...