At least four people have been killed in a grenade attack on an Ashura mourning procession of Shiite Muslims in eastern Pakistan. A spokesman for the Shiite organization Majlis-e-Wahdat Muslimeen told RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal that several people were also injured in the attack in the city of Bahawalnagar in the ...
Millions of Shia Muslims were on Thursday marking Ashura with massive rallies and gathering in several countries across the Middle East. The day of Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram in the Lunar Hijri calendar. It marks the day when Imam Hussein (PBUH) was martyred along with his 72 ...