Karbala: City of Martyrs

Muharram is the major festival in the calendar of the Shia world. In 2004, for the first time in 30 years, it was openly celebrated in the Shia spiritual home - Karbala in Iraq.

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  • Karbala: City Of Martyrs Shia pilgrims flock to Karbala

    The bomb blasts in Karbala and Baghdad during the Shia Muslim commemoration of Ashura did…

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