(RNS) — Ashura, the 10th day of the first month in the Islamic calendar, falls this year on Saturday (July 5). A sacred day in the Islamic tradition, it is revered by Muslims as the day Allah saved ...

The theocratic government is repurposing folklore and patriotic anthems as it seeks to channel national outrage into ...

US Envoy Tom Barrack in Beirut speaks about the US using influence to achieve its goals in the region. In early July, ...

Ashura symbolizes the enduring struggle between truth and falsehood. The legacy of Imam Hussein (AS) continues to inspire millions around the world, making Ashura a powerful and enduring symbol of ...

The Archbishop of Melbourne has broken his silence after a video showing thousands of Muslims gathered outside the city’s ...

Dec. 28, 2009— -- The Iranian government's deadly crackdown on demonstrators Sunday, when security forces fired on protesters on the Muslim holy day of Ashura -- a day on which violence of ...

Authorities in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir have once again enforced a ban on the traditional Ashura procession in Srinagar, denying mourners the right to mark 10th Muharram along the historic ...

For teenagers like me in the 1960s, Ashura was a time of sorrow and grief, yes, but the schools were closed for a few days. Now it is grief and politics, a lot of politics. Hate and a lot of slogans.

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 ...

(RNS) — On Ashura, the promise of Paradise is divine assurance even when the world shows its vilest cruelty. No pharaoh, tyrant or terrorist can take any of those things away.

Viewers of Kengan Ashura season 2 are wondering how many episodes are in the series and when each new episode comes out. Set during the Edo Period, this anime series centers on Tokita Ohma, one of ...