KARBALA, Iraq – Millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world are making their way this week to their sect's holy shrines in the Iraqi city of Karbala, a pilgrimage that is as much about community ...

The Arbaeen Walk is a significant annual pilgrimage in Shia Islam, commemorating the 40 days following the martyrdom anniversary of Hussein ibn Ali, the third Imam of the Shia. This event takes place ...

Every year, Shiite Muslims mark the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussain with a mourning period that lasts a total of 50 days. Ashura, the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, ...

RAWALPINDI: The Chehlum of Imam Hussain (RA) and the martyrs of Karbala will be observed on Friday, August 15. In remembrance, six major mourning processions, including Zuljinah, Ta’ziya, and Alam, ...

The bombings in Najaf and Karbala, predominantly Shiite cities 45 miles from each other south of Baghdad, came just over an hour apart. The first was a suicide blast that ripped through minibuses ...

The funeral procession for Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani began Saturday in Baghdad, where he was killed a day earlier by a U.S. drone strike. The next stops for Soleimani’s body were the Iraqi ...

Millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world are making their way this week to their sect’s holy shrines in the Iraqi city of Karbala, a pilgrimage that is as much about community as it is about ...

Shiite Muslim worshippers pray inside the holy shrine of Imam Abbas to mark the Muslim festival of Arbaeen in Karbala, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. The holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning ...

KARBALA, Iraq (AP) - Millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world are making their way this week to their sect’s holy shrines in the Iraqi city of Karbala, a pilgrimage that is as much about ...