The vast, $600 million expansion at the Imam Hussein shrine ... unannounced visit to the shrine two weeks after Pelarak, said an Iranian source in Kerbala. Day and night, Iranian labourers ...

The Day of Tasu'a is the last day Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions spent the night on and that day is remembered with the “Eve of Ashura”. Tasu’a is associated with Imam Hussein’s half-brother, ...

It marks the day in the 7th century when Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Profit ... It reads: "Today is Ashura, Gaza is Karbala." On the night of Ashura the mourners hold a prayer vigil.

KARBALA, Iraq - It is the most impassioned day of ... figures, Imam Hussein, was martyred in battle. Hundreds of thousands of Shiites who flocked to his resplendent, gold-domed shrine to ...

“I’ll probably be here every night ... Farqalita told believers about the day the horse returned alone in the desert, signaling that Imam Hussein had died. Although refined and expanded ...

At night when the crowd ... allowed to enter the mosque and the shrine. Once inside, everyone’s goal is to touch the zarih (the outer enclosure of Imam Hussain’s grave) in midst of the huge ...

Throngs of Shia pilgrims from all over Iraq converged on the city to pray at the Shrine of Imam Al-Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad. Thursday is the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of ...

However, this morning ritual is enormously popular in Mashhad in particular within the holy shrine complex of Imam Reza (AS) and tens of Hussainiyas, mosques even private houses. At that night ... who ...

Tuesday marked the first day that Shiite Muslims journeyed to ... ABED MEHDI KARADALAI, Imam of Hussein Shrine (Translated ): The millions of people today express their loyalty to imam Hussein's ...

Following the mourning, the flag of Imam Hussein's shrine was handed over to Masoud Pezeshkian, accompanied by wishes for success in his government.