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The day of Ashura is the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, and it is a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Imam Hussein and his companions in the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The second edition of “Ashura Youths” conference was held on the weekend in Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
News ID: 3402757    Publish Date : 2015/10/28

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The ISIL Takfiri terrorist group was behind a deadly attack on a Husseiniya (Shia religious center) in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka.
News ID: 3393412    Publish Date : 2015/10/25

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The ceremonies held across Iran on Saturday, the day of Ashura, to mourn the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions included performances of Ta’ziyeh, a kind of passion play telling the story of the martyrdom of the Imam (AS).
News ID: 3393390    Publish Date : 2015/10/25

TEHRAN (IQNA) - Muslims and some section of the Christian community in Kaduna, Nigeria, on Saturday commemorated the Day of Ashura.
News ID: 3393337    Publish Date : 2015/10/25

TEHRAN (IQNA) – London hosted its annual Ashura procession to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) and his followers in Karbala.
News ID: 3393235    Publish Date : 2015/10/25

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Astan (custodianship) of Imam Hussein (AS) holy shrine in Karbala, Iraq, announced that some 3 million Shia pilgrims took part in a special ceremony to mark the anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) martyrdom.
News ID: 3393211    Publish Date : 2015/10/25

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Bahraini forces attacked a religious mourning ceremony south of the capital, Manama, that had turned into protests against the ruling Al Khalifa regime.
News ID: 3393201    Publish Date : 2015/10/25

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a period of mourning for Muslims.
News ID: 3392876    Publish Date : 2015/10/23

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Egypt’s Awqaf Ministry closed down the Imam Hussein (AS) Mosque in Cairo on the eve of Ashura as the Arab country’s Shia Muslims were preparing to hold mourning ceremonies there.
News ID: 3392845    Publish Date : 2015/10/23

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque killing at least 10 Shia Muslims and wounding 12 others in a remote southwestern Pakistani town on Thursday, officials said.
News ID: 3392833    Publish Date : 2015/10/23

TEHRAN (IQNA) - In defiance to the sectarian bloodshed across the Middle East, a Shia imam held Ashura services at the American Muslim Center, a Dearborn Sunni mosque led by Imam Mohammad Mardini.
News ID: 3391075    Publish Date : 2015/10/21

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Shia Muslims, and others, in different parts of the world, have been holding ceremonies starting from Thursday, to mourn the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions in the month of Muharram.
News ID: 3387257    Publish Date : 2015/10/19

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A senior Lebanese cleric described Ashura as a sublime school which manifests all Islamic values.
News ID: 3386887    Publish Date : 2015/10/18

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Addressing “The Message of Ashura” Conference in India, Secretary General of Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) World Assembly said that an Ashura International Foundation is planned to be established.
News ID: 3384412    Publish Date : 2015/10/12

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Bahrain’s leading Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Issa Qassem said the Ashura uprising was aimed at bringing about full and comprehensive reform.
News ID: 3383865    Publish Date : 2015/10/11

KABUL (IQNA) - On the occasion of Arbaeen (the 40th day after Ashura), a poetry reading session will be held on December 10 at the Iranian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
News ID: 2617242    Publish Date : 2014/12/10

TEHRAN (IQNA) - The Imam Ali (AS) Islamic Center in Vienna, Austria, will host a conference on Ashura and the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS).
News ID: 2612815    Publish Date : 2014/11/29

A play titled “Zeynab (SA), Heroine of Karbala” was staged by Shahriyar Cultural Center affiliated to the Iranian Cultural Center in Baku, The Republic of Azerbaijan.
News ID: 1474240    Publish Date : 2014/11/17

Viewpoints of Allama Iqbal about Ashura and Imam Hussein’s (AS) uprising were investigated in a forum held by Iranian Cultural Center in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
News ID: 1473854    Publish Date : 2014/11/16

The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf has quoted an unnamed European security official as saying that Israel had planned to assassinate Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on the day of Ashura, November 4.
News ID: 1473176    Publish Date : 2014/11/15