The local Shia Muslim community will honor Imam Hussain, a martyr who defended Islam with a small group of supporters against an Iraqi army nearly 1,400 years ago, with an event on Saturday in ...

In Sindh, Hindus mourn Imam Hussain. Earlier this month, as Shia Muslims around the world mourned the martyrdom of Imam Hussain—the grandson of Islam’s Prophet who was assassinated at the Battle of ...

Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is considered sacred by Muslims around the world. The onset of the holy month is marked by a period of deep mourning and reflection, especially on ...

BOISE — Dozens of people walked from Ann Morrison Park to the Imam Hussain Islamic Center Sunday morning as part of an annual peace march. This is a Muslim tradition celebrated across the world. The ...

Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar, a time when Shia Muslims the world over pay their respects to the ...

SCRANTON – In his more than five decades teaching at the University of Scranton, Riaz Hussain set the chalkboard standard. Hussain, Ph.D., began teaching at the university in 1967, and will retire at ...

I hold onto my seat and look out the window. My stomach jumps as the plane hits the ground and I closed my eyes to feel the earth beneath me. “Allahuma sali a’la Muhammad wa ale Muhammad” — peace and ...

Mumbai: If some of your Shia friends in the city are currently not here, maybe they are walking down the nearly 90 km road from Najaf to Karbala in Iraq. Arbaeen, or ‘fortieth' in Arabic, is 40 days ...