The Day of Ashurah, also known as Muharram 10, is a day for remembering Muhammed’s martyred grandson Husayn (also spelled Hussein) Ibn Ali, the day Abraham was born, the day Noah’s ark touched land, and the day the Kaaba (the holiest Islamic place) was built in Mecca. Ashurah, s...
FILE - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, speaks to the crowd in a rare public appearance during Ashura, that marks the death of Shiite Islam’s Imam Hussein, in the suburbs of Beirut, Nov. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File) By BASSEM MROUE Updated 2:55 AM GMT+8,...
FILE - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, speaks to the crowd in a rare public appearance during Ashura, that marks the death of Shiite Islam’s Imam Hussein, in the suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File) 9 of 15 | FILE - Hezbollah leader Has...