Dr. Syed Eesar Mehdi When someone you love dies, you don't lose them all at once. They disappear slowly, in pieces. A shirt ...

In Karbala, an Iraqi province just south of Baghdad, sun pours down from a cloudless blue sky, cooking the khaki-colored earth in 115°F temperatures. The smallest stirring of air sends dust swirling.

Irfan Ali Gangjee is one of the millions of Shia Muslims who have travelled on foot for days to reach the holy city of Karbala in Iraq to participate in Arbaeen – one of the largest annual ...

FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu launches $39M Green Climate Fund project in Iraq for climate adaptation in south. Visits Karbala, Kurdistan Region for agricultural talks.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Every year millions of pilgrims from throughout the world take part in the Arbaeen march in Iraq, walking the distance between the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala. Usually on foot, for about 20 days, ...

In the physically unequal Battle of Karbala, remembered ever after as the moral victory of the Shias, a Brahmin of the gotra, or ancestral line, of Rishi Bharadwaja—the father of Dronacharya and ...

On the other hand, the weaker souls join the crowd of ignominy and inglorious shame. The tragedy of Karbala illustrates this fact in far louder and clearer words. The onset of Muharram-ul-Haraam ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Five bodies have so far been recovered from under the rubbles after a landslide ...

Imam Hussein bin Ali’s death in the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD is believed to have cemented the split between Shiites – who consider him a rightful successor to the prophet – and Sunnis ...

Holy Shrine launched a Quranic memorization course in honor of the marriage anniversary of Imam Ali and Lady Fatima az-Zahra ...