Shiite women prepare to march in the inaugural Ashoura procession in a neighborhood of Arusha, Tanzania, in 2017. Mara Leichtman , CC BY Following the death of the prophet in A.D. 632, a dispute ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Shiite Muslims Wednesday in Lebanon and Iraq commemorated Ashoura, marking the 7th-century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith, while paying ...

Shiite Muslim devotees at the tomb of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohammed's grandson, in Iraq's central holy city of Karbala — Hussein Faleh Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims massed at the ...

KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — Millions of Shiite Muslims have packed the streets of the Iraqi city of Karbala on their annual pilgrim to mark the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein who became a ...

Northbound lanes of Greenfield Road in Dearborn will close Saturday, Aug. 16, for the city’s annual Arba’een march commemorating Imam Hussain, an important figure in Islam. The procession, which ...

KARBALA, Iraq — Millions of Shiite Muslims packed the streets of the Iraqi city of Karbala Saturday on their annual pilgrim to mark the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, who became a ...

2004-03-03 04:00:00 PDT Karbala, Iraq-- Blood streaming down their foreheads, rows of men in white robes strode past throngs of believers in the enormous plaza of the Imam Hussein shrine in this holy ...