Ahead of the mourning month of Muharram, the top Shia Marja’ Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani has issued his recommendations to Shia preachers and speakers. He urged them to refrain from...
Read More »Twelver Shia in Edinburgh: Marking Muharram, Mourning Husayn
Research on the Shia in Scotland and of their spaces of worship and gathering continues to be under represented in the research field of Muslims in Britain. According to the 2011 census, there are...
Read More »Arbaeen Is the Biggest and Most Peaceful Gathering in the World: Canadian Legislator
Anam Kazim, member of the legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada during an official session represented the ceremony of Arbaeen to the Canadian Assembly and talked about the Great Arbaeen walk in Iraq...
Read More »Arbaeen: An Opportunity to Display a Strong Will against Tyranny and Injustice
Prophets (as) and Imams (as) are the vivid examples and leaders that true Mu’mins (believers) should practically follow and not just worship. The example of Imam Hussain (as) is the lesson of uprising against tyranny and...
Read More »In Pictures: Millions of Iranian Mourn Ashura Day around the Country
Iranians are attending mourning ceremonies in their millions across the country to mark Ashura Day, the day in history that witnessed the martyrdom of Shia Islam’s third Imam...
Read More »Imam Hussain’s Martyrdom Give Lesson to Never Refrain from Fighting Terrorism, Extremism
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...
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