Bahrain just confirmed a long weekend! In observance of Ashura, all ministries and government departments will be closed on Saturday and Sunday, July 5 and 6, according to a circular issued by Crown ...

To understand Islam, we need to understand its major divisions, Sunni and Shiite. One way to start is to grasp the dueling significances of a major Islamic holiday, Ashura, coming up next Saturday ...

(The Conversation) — Tens of millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world will visit Iraq on Sept. 10 this year to see the shrines of Hussain, grandson of Prophet Mohammed, and his brother Abbas ...

Shiite Muslims in Texas and around the world Monday are mourning the massacre of Husayn ibn Ali, his family members and companions — a slaughter that occurred roughly 1,350 years ago and is one of the ...

BAGHDAD — Seven people were killed in Iraq’s northwest Saturday when a rocket landed amid a gathering of Shiite Muslims marking their most important holiday of the year. The young pilgrims had just ...

Shi’ite Muslims marked Ashura on Thursday, a day of pain, pilgrimage, and pageantry that is one of the holiest in their religion. The word Ashura means 10, and the holiday is the tenth day of Muharram ...

Today is the Shiite Muslim holiday of Ashura. In Iran, it has meant bloody clashes between protestors and regime thugs: Iranian police opened fire on protesters in Tehran on Sunday, killing at least ...

The chief of Hezbollah in Lebanon issued new threats against Israel Wednesday as heavy cross-border fire continues, vowing to strike more Israeli targets and wipe out the country's tanks should they ...

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Shiite Muslims marked their holiest day Saturday with emotional displays of faith, defying a wave of suicide attacks that killed at least 54 people and wounded more than 130. In the ...