The main shrine features two stones smeared with vermilion that resemble the sun and the moon. It is believed that the Hindu god Lord Ram created this mark with the strike of his arrow.

With the onset of Muharram, Muslims worldwide commemorate the Battle of Karbala. The battle was fought on the 10th of Muharram, 61 Hijri (October 10, 680 CE), in the plains of Karbala in Iraq. This ...

The Sayyida Zeinab shrine, a sacred site for Shia pilgrims, sees a restrained Ashoura commemoration following regime changes ...

Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad ...

Shiite Muslim worshippers gather outside the Imam Hussein shrine, seen in the background, during a procession to mark the ...

To understand Islam, we need to understand its major divisions, Sunni and Shiite. One way to start is to grasp the dueling ...

Despite geopolitical tensions, dozens of Jews, including Israelis, have journeyed to shrine in Kurdish city of Alqosh since ...

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemned Israel's attacks and stressed concern over "this dangerous escalation”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Jewish Federation of Greater Washington CEO Gil Preuss stated: “We are following today’s developments closely as the U.S. joins Israel in responding to the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran. We continue ...

Newman Central Catholic's Daniel Kelly (Adam Tumino) BLOOMINGTON – Newman’s Daniel Kelly had quite a senior year for the Comets last season. For his efforts, the IHSFCA Class 1A All-Stater and ...

Muslim Countries to Set up Contact Group to Seek Israel-Iran De-Escalation ANKARA (Reuters) - The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation said on Sunday it would set up a ministerial contact group to ...

The Ottoman Empire lasted for just over six hundred years before it was dissolved in 1922. For over four hundred years, from 1516 to 1917 the Islamic Ottoman Empire ruled the Jewish homeland of ...