Pakistan’s President, Arif Alvi has said that the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (may Allah be pleased with him) is a lesson for everyone to never refrain from fighting against terrorism, extremism and intolerant ideology and...
Read More »Millions of Iranians Mourn Imam Hussain’s Martyrdom
Millions of Iranians hold mourning processions across the country on Ashura, which marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam...
Read More »Formerly, Pakistani Sunnis Joined Shias in Imam Hussain’s Mourning
Every year, an elderly man from a Sunni family sets up a sabeel (stall offering cold drinks and water) along the route of the first Muharram procession in predominantly Shia neighbourhood of Kocha Sardar in...
Read More »Pakistan Government Announces Public Holidays on 9th, 10th Muharram
The federal government of Pakistan has announced public holiday on 9th and 10th of Muharram that falls on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st September 2018...
Read More »Thousands Mark Imam Hussain Day in Austria+Photos
Muslims in the Austrian capital Vienna have held a march to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein...
Read More »Indian PM: Imam Hussain Sacrificed His Life for Peace and Justice
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invoked Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.T) , to emphasise the need for peace and justice, as he visited a...
Read More »Ashura Unfolded in Half a Day, but Shook History: Ayatollah Khamenei
For many years and centuries in succession never have the people following the Prophet's (SWA) household and believing in the Prophet's (SWA) household forgotten Imam Hussein's memory, Imam Hussein's name, Imam Hussein's burial place and...
Read More »The Events of Muharram 1st as Narrated by Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi
The human history is replete with countless happy and sad events; it has also witnessed the rise and fall of numerous history-makers. However, it has witnessed very few incidents with consequences and influences as far-reaching and...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani’s Advices to Public Speakers in the Month of Muharram 1440
The orator and public speaker should take into consideration the intellectual and the cultural level of the direct and the indirect audience and he should not mention anything from religion except those things which match the intellectual standards of the listeners and reply to their objections and give clarifications for …
Read More »The Philosophy of the Martyrdom by Ayatollah Makarim Shirazi
The importance of the history of life of Imam Hussein (also Husayn) (a.s.) which has been converted to one of most sensational epics of human history is not only because of arousing most powerful waves of sensations of millions of...
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