Rising temperatures and melting glaciers are altering the ways humans pray and threatening the existence of sacred traditions ...

Najaf is an ancient town. It was historically part of the Babylonian civilisation of Mesopotamia. It is said that many ...

The pilgrims were travelling from the Sindh province in Pakistan to Iraq's holy city of Karbala to commemorate one of the biggest events in the Shia calendar. Around 50 people are believed to have ...

Iraq has announced to restore the suspended visas of Pakistani Zaireen travelling to Karbala for Chehlum of Imam Hussain (RA). In a statement on Monday, Iraqi embassy in Islamabad also announced to ...

Since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20), till December 6, volunteer physicians have provided free ...

Most pilgrims begin in Najaf and walk north to Karbala, the site of Hussein’s tomb. But this pilgrimage takes place in a country that the United Nations says is among the most vulnerable to ...

Rami, a Syrian worker in Iraq, spends his 16-hour shifts at a restaurant fearing arrest as authorities crack down on ...

In a unique workshop at Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, northeast Iran, around 500 thousand prayer turbahs are produced and repaired each year. These turbahs are mostly made from the soil of Karbala.

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Federal Religious Affairs Minister Chaudhary Salik said the Pilgrim Management Policy was ... prompt establishment of the Pakistan House in Karbala and the Directorate of the Ministry of Religious ...

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution said various social and cultural theories can be derived from ...