Once a year, in central Iran's city of Noosh Abad, men don warrior costumes and children ... and commemorates the 7th-century killing of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, during ...

men don warrior costumes and children portray supernatural beings to usher in one of the holiest commemorations in Shiite Islam. Ashura falls on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, and ...

Abu Azrael, center, part of the majority-Shiite Muslim Kata’ib Al-Imam Ali, is one of more than 100,000 ... the celebrity warrior told Newsweek he wants to continue defending his homeland ...

Is Barack Obama the "promised warrior" coming to help the Hidden Imam ... According to the tradition, Imam Ali Ibn Abi-Talib (the prophet's cousin and son-in-law) prophesied that at the End ...

The site is considered auspicious, because it is next to the tomb of Imam Ali, the Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law and the man Shiites believe to be his true heir. This city of the dead, called the ...

Ashura falls on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, and commemorates the 7th century killing of Imam Hussein ... said 56-year-old performer Ali Ebadi, who played the role of a slave ...