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Thousands of Iraqis, Arab and foreigners pilgrims are marking the 10-day Ashura rituals all around Iraq commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein Ben Ali amidst high security...
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- News Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh) | 10 months agoOn this day in Hijri year 61, Hazrat Imam Hossain, grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM), made supreme sacrifice to uphold the true teachings of Islam. Hazrat Imam Hossain along with his family members and some close associates embraced martyrdom...
- News Source: China Post | 10 months agoPolice and paramilitary soldiers escorted the minority Shiite community's parades in several major cities, and commandos were perched on some rooftops along the routes in a bid to prevent violence. The authorities Wednesday placed under curfew the...
- News Source: The Daily Star | 10 months agoAt least one person was killed and several were wounded in an attack on an Ashura ceremony in northeastern Iran, the Mehr news agency reported on Thursday. "A foreign mercenary" threw an explosive among Imam Hussein mourners in the town of Torbat Jam,...
- News Source: The Daily Star | 10 months agoThousands of Shiite Muslims gathered in central Nabatieh on Wednesday to take part in a centuries-old blood-letting ritual to mark the climax of Ashura. The ceremony commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad and one...
- News Source: BDNews24 | 10 months agoDhaka, Jan 8 (bdnews24.com) Bangladesh observed the Ashura on Thursday commemorating the Karbala's tragic incidents that took place on Oct. 10 in 680 A.D. On this day, Imam Hussain, the grand son of Prophet Muhammad, was assassinated by the forces...
- News Source: The Mercury News | 10 months agoarea outside the city center, to symbolize their rush to heed Imam Hussein's last cries for help in battle. Shiite religious festivals and shrines in Iraq have been the targets of some of the bloodiest attacks of the war.
- News Source: Dawn | 10 months agoMore than two million devotees from across the Middle East swarmed the city of Karbala in central Iraq on Wednesday to observe Ashura amid tight security. Men and women, the elderly and children mourned the martyrdom 13 centuries ago of Hazrat Imam...
- News Source: Fox News | 10 months agoAn Iranian man reacts during a religious procession ahead of Ashura in Gilan province, Talesh, north of Tehran. Hundreds of Shiite men in Iraq struck the heads of boys with daggers in an annual ritual to mark the death of the Prophet Muhammad's...
- News Source: Kuwait Times | 10 months agoThousands of Kuwait's Shiites flocked to hussainiyas across the country Tuesday night to commemorate Ashoura...Shiites dress in black, beat their chests, chant dirges and listen to sermons in observance of day...Security forces managed crowd control...
- News Source: AKI | 10 months agoA suspected female suicide bomber was arrested in northern Iraq on Wednesday as millions of Shia Muslims gathered across the country for the annual Ashura ceremony. Police arrested the alleged bomber as she approached a procession in Balad Ruz,...
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