Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar said Saturday reiterated Pakistan's com-mitment to peace, saying, 'We never wanted war; we want peace. The neighbouring country (India) ...

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 ...

Each year, the thick, porridge-like soup is made in a large, communal pot with sometimes dozens of cooks taking part in the ...

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

Maao said that in the Yazidi story, God rewarded this angel (which they believe was a spirit called Melek Tawûs) for his ...

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

Iran has sentenced three people to death and jailed several others convicted over their roles in deadly attacks on a Shiite shrine in the southern city of Shiraz, the judiciary says. The verdicts ...

The Sayyida Zaynab shrine, located 10 kilometers south of Damascus, is a center of faith for Shia pilgrims from all over the world, and the shrine's protection was major issue even during the 13 ...

Syrian intelligence officials announced Saturday that they had foiled an Islamic State (IS) plan to bomb the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, a Shiite pilgrimage site in a Damascus suburb.