Every year in the month of Safar — the second month of the Islamic lunar calendar — the barren deserts of Iraq turn into the stage of humanity’s greatest expression of love and solidarity. The Arbaeen ...

According to the organization, 94 percent of the pilgrims who entered Iraq by the end of August 17 came from Iran, utilizing the five designated Arbaeen border crossings: Mehran, Shalamcheh, Chazabeh, ...

When people first hear about the Arbaeen Walk, the thing that amazes them is the sheer number of people who take part; in recent years in the realm of twenty to twenty-five million! They all have the ...

This year, however, a new element has been added to the pilgrimage. Millions of participants are experiencing a sense of being part of a larger anti-Israeli campaign, a collective sentiment though not ...

Twenty-one years ago, Imam Husham Al-Husainy led a group of worshippers from his Dearborn mosque in a procession to a park about two miles away to mark Arbaeen, a holiday that recalls the death of a ...

Millions of people from across the globe including hundreds Mumbai in India gathered in Iraq for the annual Arbaeen walk, a significant religious procession for Shiite Muslims. The Arbaeen walk marks ...

(RNS) — A lemonade stand was the perfect opportunity to bring the essence of Arbaeen to life in Canada. (RNS) — Commemorating a month of tragedy and mourning is not the way my thrill-seeking ...