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How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura processions became an annual tradition
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShiite women prepare to march in the inaugural Ashoura procession in a neighborhood of Arusha,...
Shiite Muslims in Mideast mark the solemn holy day of Ashoura
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMourners participate in a procession commemorating Ashoura in Tehran on Monday. (Vahid Salemi /...
Millions of Shiite Muslims across the world commemorate the mourning day of Ashoura
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMillions of Shiite Muslims in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world on Friday...
Shiite Muslims in Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan mark Ashoura
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShiites in Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan chanted, paraded and beat their chests on Tuesday as they...
18 people have been killed in Iraq after a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims to Karbala overturned
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA bus carrying pilgrims to the Iraqi city of Karbala overturned north of Baghdad on Saturday,...
Officials: Landslide at Shiite shrine in Iraq kills 8
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA landslide collapsed the ceiling of a Shiite shrine in central Iraq over the weekend and killed at...
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader urges Muslims to 'punish' Quran desecrators if governments fail to do so
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe leader of Lebanon’s Shiite militant group Hezbollah said Saturday that if governments of...
Rival Iraq protests underscore inter-Shiite power struggle
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSupporters of Iran-backed Shiite groups rallied in Baghdad on Friday to denounce their rivals,...
Indian authorities allow Muslim procession in Kashmir's main city for the first time in 3 decades
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThousands of Shiite Muslims were allowed to hold a religious procession marking the Muslim month of...
Police break up Muslim gathering in Kashmir, dozens detained
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPolice on Sunday detained dozens of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir as they dispersed Shiite...