The occasion is observed 40-days after Ashura – the commemoration of the death of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Husayn, in the Battle of Karbala, which took place in 680 AD on the 10th day ...

For Shiites, who make up 15 percent of the global Muslim community, it marks the climax to the Remembrance of Muharram and commemorates the death of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad at the ...

The martyrdom of Husayn and his family has been a profound source of grief and inspiration for Muslims, symbolizing the struggle between good and evil. Thanks For Reading!

A sense of injustice pervades Karbala. The great Muslim city of central Iraq is the place where al-Husayn, Prophet Muhammad's grandson, was martyred in AD680. Al-Husayn had claimed the right to ...