16 million pilgrims have entered Karbala during the first ten days of the month of Muharram Baqer Al-Saadi, a member of Iraq’s Parliament’s Services and Construction commission announced announced Sunday. Millions of people from across the world on Saturday flocked to the holy Iraqi city of Karbala to commemorate the ...
Muslims around the world observed Ashura, a day of profound significance, commemorating the death of the Prophet Mohammed’s beloved grandson, Imam Hussein. While some Shiites marked the day on Friday, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria held their remembrances on Saturday. In the suburbs of Beirut, a major shutdown took place, and ...