For Shias, Ashura is a day of mourning which commemorates the martyrdom of the Imam al-Husayn. This is considered to be the defining event in Shia history. But for Sunnis, Ashura is a fasting day ...

Shi'ite Muslims in Afghanistan, Iraq and Bangladesh mark the Ashura festival, which commemorates the death of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein in 680AD.

Ashura sees more blood donated than at any other ... But it continues in parts of Iraq, as well as among parts of the Shia communities of Bahrain and Turkey. In Lebanon as well, Hezbollah leader ...

Some Shia citizens of Kabul have expressed hope that the threat from the terrorist group ISIS against religious minorities in ...