Month Of Moharram

Muharram is a period of intense grief and mourning for Shia Muslims. The mourners congregate at a mosque for sorrowful poetic recitations. Some Shia Muslims observe the mourning with blood donation. Sunni Muslims commemorate the day through voluntary fasting. While fasting during the month of Ramadan became obligatory, the fast of Ashura was made n...

Hundreds of tourists were stranded today after the earliest snowfall in 40 years blocked a main highway in Pakistan's northern areas, dumping three feet of snow on one town in less than 24 hours.

Muharram is a period of intense grief and mourning for Shia Muslims. The mourners congregate at a mosque for sorrowful poetic recitations. Some Shia Muslims observe the mourning with blood donation. Sunni Muslims commemorate the day through voluntary fasting. While fasting during the month of Ramadan became obligatory, the fast of Ashura was made n...

Hundreds of tourists were stranded today after the earliest snowfall in 40 years blocked a main highway in Pakistan's northern areas, dumping three feet of snow on one town in less than 24 hours.