Mourning ceremonies being held to mark Ashura worldwide

Ashura is the culmination of a 10-day annual mourning period in the lunar calendar month of Muharram for Imam Hussein (AS), who was martyred along with his 72 companions in the Battle of Karbala in southern Iraq in 680 AD after fighting courageously for justice against the much larger army of the Umayyad caliph, Yazid.

Mourning in remembrance of Imam Hussain

In remembrance of Loyal procure and bearer of water

Imam Khomeini: The martyrdom of the Doyen of Martyrs was meant for the establishment of the divine ...

Muharram rituals organizers threatened by Bahraini authorities

In 680 AD, on Ashoura- the tenth day of the holy month of Muharram- Husain Ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the third Imam of Shia Muslims, was martyred in the desert of Karbala, located in contemporary Iraq.

Imam Khomeini: If the uprising of His Holiness, the Doyen of the Martyrs (PBUH) was not existed, ...

ImamKhomeini: The honorable Doyen of the Martyrs (‘a) fought for Islam with those youth and ...

Traditional way of commemorating Imam Hussain (s)