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The United Nations has warned Saudi Arabia for the second time in six months that enforcing the death penalty on two Bahraini men who were allegedly tortured and forced to make confessions could constitute arbitrary execution. In a June letter…

Imam Hussein Holy Shrine has mobilized all efforts to secure the Ashura ceremonies and prepare all the requirements for the mournful month of Muharram, revealing the participation of more than 5,000 volunteers to contribute to the implementation of the security…

The Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, will deliver a speech to Husseini mourners this Monday (8/8/2022) in his honorable home in the holy city of Qom. It is expected that a crowd of scholars,…

On the arrival of the mourning month of Muharram, the House of the Grand Shia Jurist Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in the holy city of Qom, hosts commemorations for Imam Hussein’s martyrdom, peace be upon him. The believers, clerics,…

Shia followers of the Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, in Islamic and non-Islamic countries are marking the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him; and mass mourning processions are being held to commemorate the Imam’s great sacrifices for…

The Afghan police announced that an explosion occurred in a Shia neighborhood in the capital, Kabul, killing eight people and wounding 18 others. “The explosion occurred in a crowded place,” city police spokesman Khaled Zder said. A video clip circulated…

The religious authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Hussein al-Wahid al-Khorasani, said that the establishment of the sacred Husseini rituals, no matter how great they are, will not reach the greatness of the calamity, describing the enemies and fighters of…

Coinciding with the beginning of Muharram 1444, the Ahlulbayt Center in Chicago, USA organized mourning ceremonies and a religious Q&A session in English.  In the ceremonies, which have been held since the first of Muharram and continue until the 13th…

 For the first time, a mourning ceremony for Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) was officially held in Qatar. Photos published by Husseiniyat al-Rasool al-A’dham in Doha, the capital of Qatar, indicate that for the first time, a Husseini mourning…

Thousands of mourners are mourning the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, in the Husseiniyah of Ale Yassin, one of the centers affiliated with the Office of Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in Sydney, Australia.  Sheikh…