The federal government on Thursday announced two public holidays on the occasion of Ashura. According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division, holidays will be observed across the country on ...

Bahrain just confirmed a long weekend! In observance of Ashura, all ministries and government departments will be closed on Saturday and Sunday, July 5 and 6, according to a circular issued by Crown ...

The Umayyad army cut off food and water for Hussain and his companions. And on the day of Ashura, Hussain was brutally killed. Among the men, only Hussain’s sick son was spared.

The Day of Ashura is a national holiday in some Muslim countries, with thousands taking part in annual rituals which include people whipping and cutting themselves with chains and knives.

GRUESOME photos show Shia Muslims slice their kids’ heads with razors as blood-soaked worshippers cut themselves with swords to celebrate the holy festival of Ashura. Devout Muslims in cities… ...

Next weekend’s Ashura holiday features both celebration and mourning.

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Today is the Shiite Muslim holiday of Ashura. In Iran, it has meant bloody clashes between protestors and regime thugs: Iranian police opened fire on protesters in Tehran on Sunday, killing at ...

This is the brutal moment a child's forehead is cut as part of a religious tradition. The Shi'a Muslim boy was slashed in the run-up to Ashura in Mumbai, India, and is considered by Shi'a Muslims ...

Shi’ite Muslims marked Ashura on Thursday, a day of pain, pilgrimage, and pageantry that is one of the holiest in their religion. The word Ashura means 10, and the holiday is the tenth day of ...

But on Sunday, the Ashura holiday here was strangely subdued and grim. There were no motorcades of spray-painted cars with enormous banners circling the Shiite areas of West Kabul.

The Umayyad army cut off food and water for Hussain and his companions. And on the day of Ashura, Hussain was brutally killed. Among the men, only Hussain’s sick son was spared.