Every seven years, penitents march through the streets of Guardia Sanframondi in Italy to mark the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. As they make their way through, those involved tap a disk ...

The commemoration of Mohurram and mourning practices observed by Shia Muslims were recently at the centre of discussion in the media. This came after the Bombay high court responded to a public ...

For many years now, a medieval ritual is being enacted by Muslims on the streets of Canada to mourn the murder 1,400 years ago of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussain Ibn Ali in the Iraqi city of ...

VIJAYAWADA: Muslim community, mainly Shias, observed Muharram at the Koneru Centre in Machilipatnam of Krishna district on Tuesday with participants dressed in black beating their chests and ...