Ashura
Photos of the Week: Kabul falls to Taliban; Shiite Muslims commemorate Ashoura
By Kit Doyle — August 20, 2021
(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes Kabul and most of Afghanistan falling to the Taliban, Muslims around the world commemorating Ashoura and more.
Bombing hits Pakistan Shiite procession, killing at least 3
By Asim Tanveer — August 19, 2021
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — The annual commemoration mourns the 7th century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussein, one of Shiite Islam’s most beloved saints.
What is Ashura? How this Shiite Muslim holiday inspires millions
By Noorzehra Zaidi — August 18, 2021
(The Conversation) – Many Muslims mark the commemoration of a martyr by working for social justice.
On Ashura, Muslims recall how faith in God overcomes tyrants
By Omar Suleiman — August 28, 2020
(RNS) — On Ashura, the promise of Paradise is divine assurance even when the world shows its vilest cruelty. No pharaoh, tyrant or terrorist can take any of those things away.
Mystery infections traced to blood-shedding religious ritual
By Mike Stobbe — March 13, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — Add self-flagellation to the list of ways to get a dangerous viral blood infection. Researchers said Wednesday (March 13) that they were initially puzzled how 10 British men had become infected with a little-known virus, because the men hadn’t taken risks usually associated with the infection. But then investigators learned they […]
The ‘Splainer: From bloodletting to blood donation, what is Ashura?
By Aysha Khan — September 20, 2018
(RNS) — Whether Muslims mark the day by flagellating or fasting, the solemn Islamic holiday of Ashura is not for the faint of heart. Let us ’Splain.
How an ancient Islamic holiday became uniquely Caribbean
By Ken Chitwood — September 20, 2018
(The Conversation) — In Trinidad, where Muslims make up 5 percent of the population, a parade of colorful floats marks the Shiite holy day of Ashura, but the festival also commemorates those killed in the anti-British Hosay riots in 1884.
Open sectarianism in Saudi Arabia frightens Shiites
By Reuters — October 27, 2015
QATIF, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) The fate of Saudi Arabia's 2 million or so Shiites is closely watched because of the country's intimate involvement in the region's sectarian conflict through its rivalry with Iran and the teachings of its influential clergy that Shiism is heretical.
Sunni-Shiite violence soars in Pakistan
By Naveed Ahmad — February 3, 2014
(RNS) Tit-for-tat target killings between Sunnis and Shiites have escalated this past year, with Taliban forces repeatedly targeting Shiite processions and places of worship and Iran-backed Shiite groups retaliating.
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