December 27 is Ashura, the 10th day of the month Muharram of the Islamic calendar. It is commemorated to mark the day of martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, in the year 61 of ...
Sunni militants have often attacked the yearly religious processions of Pakistan's Shiite minority as they mourn the seventh-century slaying of the prophet Mohammed's grandson. Not so long ago, the ...