The suicide bomb attack took place during the Ashura holiday that mourns the death ... hundreds of minority Shiite Muslims marking the Islamic festival clashed on Thursday with Sunnis in a western ...

The Day of Ashura is the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram. The Prophet Muhammad singled it out as a recommended fasting day and made it a meritorious act for his followers. He also ...

The ten days before the festival are a period of mourning. On Ashura, many Muslims wear black and there are often parades through the streets. Plays re-enacting the death of Husayn are often ...