The book has been authored by the U.S.-based Iranian scholar Kamran Scott Aqa’i in 248 pages. He is assistant professor of Islamic and Iranian history at the University of Texas at Austin. This ...

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 ...

I first noticed it in words. Some Kashmiri words, ones you do not hear in daily conversation, came easily to me, even though I hardly spoke the language outside my home. I wondered where this ...

Despite an upsurge in coronavirus infections in Iran and a ban on weddings and large funerals, the country's famed gatherings of mourners during the Shi'ite month of Muharram will be held. The ...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) - For Nasir Hussain, observing the Muslim month of Muharram, which marks the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson in the battle of Karbala, is an article of faith. But as ...

It is a simple ritual but deeply rooted in the religious, social, and livelihood culture of the people of Saghi village, somewhere on the slopes of Barakuh mountains of Gonabad, and is one of the ...

SRINAGAR, India — For Nasir Hussain, observing the Muslim month of Muharram, which marks the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson in the battle of Karbala, is an article of faith. But as the ...