Tag: Ashura
Ashura holiday marked by war in Gaza
In Lebanon, thousands of Shiite Muslims gathered on Wednesday, July 17, for the religious commemoration of Ashura, in the southern suburbs of Beirut. The ceremony took place while the south…
What are the benefits of Ashura? Can Ashura be eaten on a diet?
Ashura is a dessert that contains various dried fruits and nuts such as wheat, chickpeas, dried beans, raisins, apricots, hazelnuts, walnuts, pomegranates. It is also often flavored with fragrant spices…
In western Afghanistan, Shiites celebrate Ashura with fear in their stomachs
Eleven people were killed, forty others injured in two explosions that occurred on August 5 and 6 in western Afghanistan. On Friday, the bomb exploded during a funeral gathering in…