Yahoo

How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura processions became an annual tradition

Shiite women prepare to march in the inaugural Ashoura procession in a neighborhood of Arusha, Tanzania, in 2017. Mara Leichtman , CC BY Following the death of the prophet in A.D. 632, a dispute ...
Al-Monitor

Millions of Shiite pilgrims flock to Iraq's Karbala

Shiite Muslim devotees at the tomb of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Mohammed's grandson, in Iraq's central holy city of Karbala — Hussein Faleh Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims massed at the ...
KEYT

Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims head to Iraq’s Karbala to mark the death of Imam Hussein

KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — Millions of Shiite Muslims have packed the streets of the Iraqi city of Karbala on their annual pilgrim to mark the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein who became a ...
Washington Times

Millions of Shiite Muslims head to Iraq’s Karbala for annual pilgrim to mark death of Hussein

KARBALA, Iraq — Millions of Shiite Muslims packed the streets of the Iraqi city of Karbala Saturday on their annual pilgrim to mark the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, who became a ...
The Conversation

How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura processions became an annual tradition

Mara Leichtman receives funding from the Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs and the Center for Islam in the Contemporary World at Shenandoah University. Following the ...
Newsday

Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims head to Iraq's Karbala to mark the death of Imam Hussein

KARBALA, Iraq — Millions of Shiite Muslims packed the streets of the Iraqi city of Karbala Saturday on their annual pilgrim to mark the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, who became a ...