Ashura is a day of commemoration in Islam and holds great significance for Muslims across the world. It falls on the 10th of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar, carrying spiritual and ...

Pope Francis had a private, 45-minute meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, 90, a revered spiritual and highly influential leader of Shia Muslims, on the second day of his visit to Iraq. The ...

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(RNS) — Shenila Khoja-Moolji's new book records the histories of women in her faith community that are absent from religious archives. (RNS) — In 1971, Shenila Khoja-Moolji’s grandmother was a widow ...

The Day of Ashura is an Islamic holiday that occurs on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar. The lunar calendar is also known as the or Hijri and has been used for ...

Addressing the meeting, general secretary Maulana Yasoob Abbas said government welfare schemes meant for Muslims rarely reach ...

Faith-based community enrichment and educating the ASU community about Islamic values are at the forefront of the Al-Mahdi Association, an organization created last semester to establish a space for ...

(RNS) — It was at the end of a religious service in the first 10 days of Muharram, some of the holiest days of the year for Shia Muslims, that news broke about the series of killings of Muslim men in ...

Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, begins in July. This week’s commenters discuss the history and meaning of the holy observance celebrated by Muslims worldwide. Like January in the ...

Christian leaders say they are in solidarity with minority Shia Muslims in Pakistan protesting harassment and persecution. "The government must take notice of Shia killings. Nobody has the right to ...