The video is from the Hosseini Infants Ceremony, an annual ritual held on the first Friday of the Islamic month of Muharram.

The Imam Reza (AS) shrine in Mashhad held its traditional “permission to mourn” ceremony, marking the first night of Muharram ...

Today marks the beginning of the lunar month of Muharram, which is of great significance for Shia Muslims. People in Iran are ...

Literally meaning '40', the event signifies the end of a 40-day mourning period for the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein ibn Ali, the third imam of the Shia tradition.

Muharram is observed as a public holiday in India. All schools, colleges, bank, post offices, government, some private ...

Sahar Naqvi cries as she listens to a eulogy for Imam Husayn ibn Ali on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, in downtown Houston. Hundreds of Shiite Muslims gathered to remember Imam Husayn’s martyrdom ...

The flag is rarely raised outside the mourning of the Muharram month, which commemorates the death of the Shiite Imam Hussein ibn Ali. According to the Kashmir Observer, ...

The conflict resulted from unsuccessful negotiations and Husayn's unwillingness to swear loyalty to Yazid and On October 10, 680 AD(10th of Muḥarram, AH 61), an army led by Hussein Ibn Ali, the ...

Ashura is an Islamic holy day to commemorate the death of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad, who was beheaded at the Battle of Karbala in AD680.

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An aerial view shows the shrines of Imam al-Abbas, one of the family members who was also slain. (Reuters: Abdullah Dhiaa Al-Deen)Known to many Muslims simply as Hussein ibn Ali, he is remembered ...