On Ashura, the Prophet Muhammad fasted in gratitude for Allah’s liberation of the oppressed. He taught us to fast too — not just from food and drink, but from ego, complicity, and apathy.

Ashura, which mourns the killing of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson and celebrates Shiite identity, has long symbolized the fight against oppression. This year, its chants have been turned ...

Mourners of Imam Hussein martyrdom anniversary in Karachi, Pakistan on Sunday, which is Ashura Day, held a big march to express their support for the Leader of the Islamic Revolution after performing ...

Ashura is marked by Sunni Muslims with voluntary days of fasting, including one that commemorates the day Noah left the Ark and another for the day that Moses was saved from the Egyptians by God ...

Kengan Ashura Season 2 follows Ohma as he, under Nogi Group representative Kazuo Yamashita (Keith Silverstein), remains stuck in the ICU recovering after a bout of dangerous fights.

Ashura, which is commemorated on the tenth of Muharram, is a solemn holy day. This year, the day officially begins at sunset on September 20 and ends on sunset on September 21.

Every year around Ashura, the media is flooded with images of blood-soaked Shias self-flagellating. But Shias around the world — who make up between 10 to 13 percent of Muslims – observe the ...

And the new spirit of Ashura is a year-round phenomenon. Last year, the government and the newspapers said Ashura was happening in Gaza. Back in the '60s, we didn't even know what "Gaza" meant.

Shiite Muslims across the globe on Tuesday observed Ashura, an annual commemoration mourning the seventh-century martyrdom of a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. Imam Hussein bin Ali’s death in ...

Tasua and Ashura, the ninth and 10th days of the month of Moharram, are days of mourning in Shia Islam to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed.