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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...
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 /...
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,...
Attack on Rushdie shows divisions among Lebanese Shiites
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe stabbing of author Salman Rushdie has laid bare divisions in Lebanon's Shiite Muslim community,...
Millions of Shiite Muslims across the world commemorate the mourning day of Ashoura
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMillions of Shiite Muslims in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world on Friday...
Iran buries late president at shrine in home city of Mashhad
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoEbrahim Raisi was laid to rest inside the Imam Reza Shrine, one of the holiest places in Shia Islam...
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader urges Muslims to 'punish' Quran desecrators if governments fail to do so
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe leader of Lebanon’s Shiite militant group Hezbollah said Saturday that if governments of...
Bahrain's Shiites hope pope raises human rights during visit
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPope Francis is making the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain this week, sparking calls from the...
Who are the Houthi rebels in Yemen?
The Week via Yahoo News· 5 months agoHouthi fighters take over the Galaxy Leader ship in the Red Sea off Hudaydah in November. The US and UK have carried out a second major wave of air...
Thousands of mourners in Islamabad attend funeral for Pakistani cleric gunned down in broad daylight
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThousands of mourners attended a funeral Saturday for a Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric gunned down in...