Ruholamin’s latest painting, completed in the sacred atmosphere of Karbala during the preparations for Arbaeen pilgrimage, captures the perspective of Hazrat Zainab (SA), Imam Hussein's sister, ...

Mohammadreza Mohammad-Hossein, a student of the Iranian teahouse painting master Abbas ... The rituals reach their climax on Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram, the day upon which the Imam and his ...

Ashura 2024: The Battle of Karbala The ... In addition to its religious significance, the Battle of Karbala has influenced literature, art, and culture in the Islamic world. Poets, writers ...

Muslims have begun celebrating the religious festival of Ashura, with some Shia men flagellating ... to mourn the death of Hussein in 680 AD at Karbala in modern-day Iraq. Though the self ...

The Battle of Karbala or Battle of 'Ashura in which Imam Hussain fought against an army from Kufa on Muharram 10, 61/October 10, 680 who were mercenary soldiers of Yazid b. Mu'awiya, the second ...

This year, millions will gather in the city of Karbala to mark Ashura, the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram. It's a day that Shiite Muslims see as the occasion to commemorate and mourn ...

Unlike Ramadan, fasting on Ashura is not compulsory. For Shia Muslims, it's a period of mourning, commemorating the martyrdom of Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, in 680 AD in Karbala ...

The Day of Ashura was the day that Prophet Moses and the Children of Israel managed to flee from Pharaoh. It was also the day that Hussein ibn Ali died in battle, in Karbala, Iraq, in A.D. 680.