• Hundreds of Imam Hussain lovers rally in Kabul on occasion of Arba'een

    Hundreds of Imam Hussain lovers rally in Kabul on occasion of Arba'een

    Sep 28, 2021 03:12

    Every year, as Arba'een approaches, lovers of Imam Hussein, from various countries, converge to his shrine in the Iraqi city of Karbala. Likewise, hundreds of people who were not able to go to Iraq this year, held a similar march in Kabul despite the recent change of government and instability.

  • Muslims around world mark Arba'een

    Muslims around world mark Arba'een

    Sep 28, 2021 03:10

    Muslims marked Arba'een, the 40th day that followed the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (Pbuh), the third Shia Imam, and his 72-strong companions in the Battle of Karbala, in what is now southern Iraq, in 680 AD.

  • Terrorism or pandemic, Arba’een is unstoppable

    Terrorism or pandemic, Arba’een is unstoppable

    Sep 27, 2021 12:44

    Heartfelt condolences to you all on a very poignant anniversary. Today in Iran is the 20th of Safar or Arba’een, the anniversary of the traditional 40th day of the Immortal Martyr of Karbala, Imam Husain (PBUH), when our grief becomes fresh for the world’s most heartrending tragedy.

  • Holy Defence, a mirror of Ashura (6)

    Holy Defence, a mirror of Ashura (6)

    Sep 27, 2021 12:26

    One of the most prominent manifestations of the holy defence era is the culture of martyrdom-seeking. This culture has surely its roots in Imam Hussein’s uprising in Karbala on the day of Ashura.

  • Karbala: Muslims perform mourning rituals on Arba'een

    Karbala: Muslims perform mourning rituals on Arba'een

    Sep 27, 2021 10:14

    Muslims perform mourning rituals in the central Iraqi holy city of Karbala on the day of Arba'een.

  • Holy Defence, a mirror of Ashura (3)

    Holy Defence, a mirror of Ashura (3)

    Sep 24, 2021 06:13

    History bears witness that the Iranian combatants in the battlefields of the 8-year imposed war revived the memory of the fervor and love of Imam Hussein’s companions. The uprising of Imam Hussein (PBUH) has left role models for all age groups.

  • Ruqaiyya (PBUH) the innocent martyr of Damascus

    Ruqaiyya (PBUH) the innocent martyr of Damascus

    Sep 12, 2021 04:54

    Today, the 5th of Safar is a doleful day in Islamic history. It is the anniversary of the martyrdom of a girl who was four years old. Yet, despite her tender years and the sorrows she suffered, including the loss of her father, torture at the hands of his murderers, and imprisonment, she was a picture of virtue, faith, piety, prudence, forbearance, and patience in the face of acute oppression.

  • Imam Baqer (PBUH) – preserver of Azadari (mourning ceremonies)

    Imam Baqer (PBUH) – preserver of Azadari (mourning ceremonies)

    Sep 10, 2021 10:18

    Today, on the 3rd of the mourning month of Safar we present you a special programme on the life and times of a person who was born on this day and since childhood passed through a range of calamities, witnessing as a 4-year old boy the world’s most heartrending tragedy.

  • Safar 1 – The triumph of Islam in enemy’s court

    Safar 1 – The triumph of Islam in enemy’s court

    Sep 08, 2021 04:03

    Today is the first of Safar, the fateful day on which survivors of the heartrending tragedy of Karbala were brought in chains and fetters to the court of the tyrant Yazid in Damascus in 61 AH.