Ashura News

The first month of the Islamic calendar, Muharram is considered the second holiest month after Ramzan. The word 'Muharram' stands for forbidden.

This year in India, Ashura starts in the evening of 7 August and ends in the evening of 8 August.

Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar This year, it began on August 11 in India

Gunmen targeted Shiite pilgrims in Kabul late Tuesday, killing at least 14 people as they gathered to celebrate Ashura, one of the most important festivals on the Shiite calendar, officials said.

Shi`ites in Pakistan on Saturday demanded more protection from the government even as they observed Ashura amid tight security, a day after militant group LeJ carried out a suicide bombing on a Muharram procession in the Sindh province that claimed 24 lives.

Huge crowds of black-clad Shi`ite faithful massed in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday, crying and beating their chests to commemorate the 7th century killing of the prophet's grandson.

A series of blasts killed at least one person and wounded dozens as Shi'ite Muslims gathered for a procession in the old part of Bangladesh's capital early on Saturday to mark the holy day of Ashura, police said.

The Police on Saturday foiled the Muharram procession in Srinagar when they were trying to gather at Ghanta Ghar in lalchowk to take out a major procession.

At least one person was killed and nearly 90 others were injured on Saturday in a series of bomb blasts in front of a Shia shrine in Bangladesh.