The event of Karbala has so captured the imagination of Muslims as well as all others interested in the history of Islam that numerous tomes have been written on the topic, approaching it from various ...

Pakistan, July 6 -- Islamic history contains numerous events that exemplify the highest levels of sacrifice, patience, perseverance, and selflessness. However, the Tragedy of Karbala holds a unique ...

Philosopher, intellectual, writer, and journalist Syed Mohammad Taqi needs no introduction. Yet, for the sake of those who have weak memories, Taqi was an eminent philosopher, historian, scholar, ...

The Battle of Karbala, fought on the 10th of Muharram in 680 CE (61 AH), marks one of the most significant and sorrowful events in Islamic history. It was on this day that Imam Hussain ibn Ali, the ...

The history of Karbala took place on 10th October 680, coinciding with Muharram 10th, 61 AH. So far, we have been hearing about the tragedy of Karbala without fully understanding what happened in this ...

(RNS) Shiite Muslims from across the world are descending on Iraq to mark Arbaeen, the world’s largest annual pilgrimage, attracting upward of 20 million people. The pilgrimage, mostly on foot, ...

The book "Qesse-ye Karbala" (Story of Karbala), published by Shahid Kazemi Publications, is a biography of Imam Hussein (AS). Written by Mehdi Ghazali, it covers the life of Imam Hussein from his ...

Reporting from Karbala, Iraq — When millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims descended last month on the shrine with twin gold domes in this holy city, many Iraqis expected sectarian fighting to erupt.

(CN) - The families of three U.S. soldiers kidnapped, tortured and killed in a Jan. 20, 2007, ambush in Karbala filed a federal complaint in Washington, D.C., against the Iranian government and ...