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A mourning ceremony was held on the anniversary of the burial of the martyrs of Al-Taff battle, next to the shrine of Sayyed Hashem, peace be upon him, in the Afghan city of Bamiyan, while the Director of the Shirazi…

Photographs circulating on social media networks showed the departure of the first group of Arbaeen pilgrims from Basra province heading towards the holy city of Karbala on foot to commemorate the Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him).…

Days before the first anniversary of their return to power, Taliban fighters beat female protesters and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital. About 40 women – chanting “bread, work…

An official in the Iranian Transportation Ministry said on Saturday that the process of transporting Iranian pilgrims to the holy shrines in Iraq to participate in the commemoration of the Arbaeen pilgrimage to Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, and…

The Zainabiya Seminary, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in the Syrian capital, Damascus, continues to hold the Husseini mourning ceremonies, on the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. The ceremonies witnessed a large presence of Shias…

The European TV network “Euro News” published a photo report in which it shed light on some of the details of the painful Ashura ceremonies in the holy city of Karbala. In its report, the caption read, “Shia Muslims take…

Fifteen human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, sent a letter to the King of Bahrain calling for the release of academic and political activist Abdul Jalil Al-Singace. The organizations urged the Bahraini authorities to secure the…

A group of tourists from the Netherlands and Germany visited the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali al-Redha, peace be upon him, where they were given a tour of the courtyards and museum of the Holy Shrine.   Members of the…

With the sorrowful day of Ashura peacefully commemorated across the world, Shia Muslims now prepare to mark the massive Arbaeen Pilgrimage of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. In the previous years, the number of pilgrims coming to perform pilgrimage…

The Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development in Holy Karbala announced the launch of the second phase of distributing the Ashura clothing to orphans and the needy. The Foundation stated in a statement received by Shia Waves News Agency,…