ALBAWABA - In a recent incident in Karbala, Iraq, law enforcement officers successfully intervened to prevent a man from ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of pilgrims are in the Iraqi city of Karbala for Ashoura, the holy day on which Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet ...

BAGHDAD – Iraq's top Shiite cleric says more than 13 million have gathered in the holy city of Karbala to mark Arbaeen, the annual commemoration marking the end of the mourning period for the ...

Karbala governor Nassif al-Khattabi on Tuesday denied reports about deaths among Iraqi protesters in the southern province. Media reports earlier said at least 20 people had been killed and hundreds ...

(RNS) Shiite Muslims from across the world are descending on Iraq to mark Arbaeen, the world’s largest annual pilgrimage, attracting upward of 20 million people. The pilgrimage, mostly on foot, ...

Iraq said Sunday that it had foiled a plot by the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group to target Shia pilgrims in the central city of Karbala. In a statement carried by the state news agency INA, the Karbala ...

Pakistan, July 6 -- Islamic history contains numerous events that exemplify the highest levels of sacrifice, patience, perseverance, and selflessness. However, the Tragedy of Karbala holds a unique ...

Reporting from Karbala, Iraq — When millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims descended last month on the shrine with twin gold domes in this holy city, many Iraqis expected sectarian fighting to erupt.

KARACHI: Out in the distance, the alam faltered. But Abbas, the alamdaar (standard-bearer), would ensure that his body hit the ground before the alam did. But it never came crashing down. That defiant ...

Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims marched to this city's holy shrine Tuesday to mark the death of one of their most revered saints, chanting, swaying, even cutting their bodies in an emotional ...