Northbound lanes of Greenfield Road in Dearborn will close Saturday, Aug. 16, for the city’s annual Arba’een march commemorating Imam Hussain, an important figure in Islam. The procession, which ...

The Yemeni leader made the remarks in a televised speech in Sanaa on Ashura Day, which marks the anniversary of the Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam in the battle of Karbala. "The Islam for which ...

The Battle of Karbala, fought on the 10th of Muharram in 680 CE (61 AH), marks one of the most significant and sorrowful events in Islamic history. It was on this day that Imam Hussain ibn Ali, the ...

Sacrifice for the glory of Islam enlivens the brave heart. Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), resurrected the Islam with his martyrdom at Karbala. The incident of ...

The book "Qesse-ye Karbala" (Story of Karbala), published by Shahid Kazemi Publications, is a biography of Imam Hussein (AS). Written by Mehdi Ghazali, it covers the life of Imam Hussein from his ...

Ashura, one the holiest days for Shias, is the 10th day of the first month of the Arabic calendar. It's a lunar calendar, so it varies every year in relation to Gregorian dates, but this year, it was ...

Every year, millions of Muslims visit Imam Hussain ibn Ali's shrine in Karbala. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is considered sacred by Muslims around the world. The onset of the ...

The local Shia Muslim community will honor Imam Hussain, a martyr who defended Islam with a small group of supporters against an Iraqi army nearly 1,400 years ago, with an event on Saturday in ...

Presented by Lincoln Center Festival 2002 at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, NYC, July 17–21. By attending only the last of the three Iranian Ta'ziyehs at the Lincoln Center Festival, I missed the ...