Shiite Islam offers Iranians a standard it views as just. Iran calls itself an Islamic republic. Many Iranians may appreciate ...

The Khilafat Movement was a campaign started in 1919 to restore the office of the Khalifa, or the Islamic Caliph, after its ...

Across the world, from the mud huts of rural villages to the golden halls of religious temples, a singular truth unites us: a belief in accountability after death .

Each year, the thick, porridge-like soup is made in a large, communal pot with sometimes dozens of cooks taking part in the ...

Placenames reflect their historical and cultural identities, and Hyderabad, a dynamic metropolis in southern India, is no ...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei attended a mourning ceremony in Tehran on Saturday night on the ...

Moreover, Karbala is never meant for personal gain and political motives, so it is totally misgiving that Hazrat Imam Hussain ...

A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

Muharram is the first month of the Islamic lunar Hijri calendar (Hijirah, because the Prophet began his migration on that day, thereby giving the name Hijri to the calendar), to the city of Yathrib, ...

The imagery of Karbala has also permeated modern political and revolutionary literature. During the Islamic Revolution of ...

In Hyderabad’s centuries-old Imambargahs, mourners gather to perform sacred Muharram rituals steeped in devotion, grief and ...