The first time I ever saw bodily flagellation was in the screen adaptation of French dramatist Jean Anouilh’s 1964 play ‘Becket ou l’honneur de Dieu’ (Becket or The Honor of God. Henry II (played by ...

Lucknow's Muharram transcends religious boundaries, weaving Shia mourning rituals into the city's cultural fabric. Centuries of nawabi patronage and Sufi traditions have shaped unique practices, from ...

While majalis and processions will be allowed, they will be subject to SOPs to curb the spread of COVID-19 The Government of Pakistan on Thursday agreed to allow majalis and religious processions for ...

The Council of Shi’ite Scholars of Afghanistan on July 26 published a declaration calling on mourners to scale back their activities during ceremonies to mark the start of Muharram, the first month of ...

Religious clerics arrested, Ashura banners taken down, and public demonstrations suppressed. This is what celebrating the Islamic holy month of Muharram looks like for Bahrain's Shiite majority. This ...

This Muharram was quiet and downcast for the Shias of Kashmir, where processions to mark the occasion of the tenth day of the holiday, known as Ashura, were restricted by authorities. In Delhi, though ...

Muharram is the first month of the Hijri calendar, which is also known as the Islamic calendar. It is the second holiest month for the Muslim community after Ramadan. It’s a time of great mourning for ...

LAST MONTH Saudi Arabia did something unprecedented. To slow the spread of covid-19, it restricted participation in the haj, the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, which every Muslim is ...

A newly formed coalition of Sunni groups will stage a sit-in protest in Islamabad on Sept. 14 to demand the arrest of Shia clerics and eulogists accused of blasphemy. The demand came despite an ...