Graphic photos have captured scenes in as Shiite Muslims cut themselves using swords to commemorate the holy day of Ashura. The Muslims carried out the flagellation earlier today at the Imam Ali ...

One of the holiest commemorations in Shiite Islam, Ashura falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram and commemorates the 7th-century killing of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet ...

Once a year, in central Iran's city of Noosh Abad, men don warrior costumes and children portray supernatural beings to usher in one of the holiest commemorations in Shiite Islam.Ashura falls on the ...

Sometimes in other countries the rites see bloody self-flagellation or whipping using sharp-edged chains or swords. Many "people believe that prophets, angels, and djinn came to help Imam Hussein ...