Shia Muslim devotees gather between the shrines of Imam Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas (background) and Imam Hussein (not pictured) in Iraq's central holy city of Karbala on August 24, 2024, during Arbaeen ...
James Hider, Baghdad correspondent for London's Times, explains how some Sunnis in Iraq are taking cultural cues from Shia muslims, in hopes of escaping the notice of Shia death squads. A name, a cell ...
KARBALA, Iraq—The inner sanctum of the Imam Hussein Shrine shines day and night, illuminated by jeweled chandeliers. Their light is reflected in the mirrored domes of the roof, and gleams across the ...
A militant group implicated in a recent rocket attack on U.S. forces in Iraq has declared a ceasefire during Pope Francis’s visit, a grudging suspension of hostilities that hints at the political ...
Protests erupted in many of Iraq's Shia Muslim areas on Monday as Shia leaders sought to increase pressure on the US-led coalition and scupper Iraq's temporary constitution. Shia stone-throwers ...
Awadh rulers and nobles in Lucknow meticulously built replicas of Shia Islam's holiest shrines in Iraq, enabling devotees to ...
Another day in Baghdad, another dog and pony show, as journalists call staged events. And everything about this one on Thursday will tell you everything you need to know about the state of the war, if ...
BAGHDAD - Culture plays a lead role in the lives of people all over the world, and while in Iraq, there are many cultural differences and Islamic practices that U.S. Soldiers need to be aware of.
The Islamic State has issued a stern warning to any Sunni Muslims planning to taking part in Iraq’s upcoming general elections—don’t. On April 22, Abu al-Hassan al-Muhajir, the spokesman of ISIS, ...
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - More than 600 Shia pilgrims in Iraq were hospitalized due to respiratory issues. They were treated after inhaling chlorine due to a leakage at a water treatment station, as ...
Vali Nasr is a Middle East scholar and dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Nasr has written several books about sectarianism, including Forces of Fortune and The Shia ...
KARBALA, Iraq—The inner sanctum of the Imam Hussein Shrine shines day and night, illuminated by jeweled chandeliers. Their light is reflected in the mirrored domes of the roof, and gleams across the ...
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