The book has been authored by the U.S.-based Iranian scholar Kamran Scott Aqa’i in 248 pages. He is assistant professor of Islamic and Iranian history at the University of Texas at Austin. This ...

Hubli (Karnataka) Oct. 1 (ANI): In the name of rituals, infants wrapped in banana leaves are made to lie down on a bed of hot coals in Dharwad's Kundgol town near Hubli. The act is reportedly part of ...

Despite an upsurge in coronavirus infections in Iran and a ban on weddings and large funerals, the country's famed gatherings of mourners during the Shi'ite month of Muharram will be held. The ...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) - For Nasir Hussain, observing the Muslim month of Muharram, which marks the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson in the battle of Karbala, is an article of faith. But as ...

SRINAGAR, India — For Nasir Hussain, observing the Muslim month of Muharram, which marks the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson in the battle of Karbala, is an article of faith. But as the ...