Mumbai: In a development of serious proportions, the Mumbai Police has claimed to have busted an alleged plot to target Friday’s Muharram procession in the financial capital of India with the arrest of a Pune-based man and seizure of 14,900 capsules containing zinc phosphide, the main compound in rat poison.


Police Arrest Pune Engineer Over Alleged Distribution of Poisoned Capsules

One of the most pious and auspicious times in the Muslim calendar is the Muharram month. We get you all the key Muharram celebrations from across West Asia.

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Thousands of Shia community members took out the Muharram procession in the Kashmir Valley amidst tight security arrangements for the procession to prevent any Law and Order situation.

Srinagar: Muharram Procession allowed in 2023 after 30 years of pause

Muharram 2024: Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is a period of reflection, prayers, mourning and deep spiritual significance. Muharram 2024 began on July 7 this year, and the ten-day period of mourning ends on July 17.

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Members of India's Shia Muslim community in the Kashmir valley carried out the traditional Muharram procession in Saga city. This is the second year in a row the administration has allowed procession after it was stopped for around 34 years due to rising incidents of terrorism.

Srinagar: Muharram procession held from Gurubazar to Dalgate

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to determine the future of social media platforms including YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok during the Muharram festival.

Pakistan plans comprehensive social media ban for Muharram

The commemorations for the day of Ashura saw hundreds of worshipers across the globe and thousands of worshipers across the globe self-flagellate to mark the tenth day of Muharram. Ashura is the day that marks the day that marks the martyrdom of the prophet's grandson Imam Hussein. Worshipers typically bang their chests and also chant while flogging themselves.

Ashura commemorates mourning the death of Imam Hussein

The Jammu and Kashmir's Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha participated in the 10th Muharram procession in Srinagar on Saturday, July 29. It is for the first time in 34 years that the government has allowed Shia mourners' processions.

In a first, LG Manoj Sinha attends 10th Muharram procession in Kashmir valley

The government of Jammu and Kashmir allowed the Shia Mourners procession in the Kashmir Valley after three decades. It was after a ban for over 30 years that the administration led by the LG Manoj Sinha allowed the 8th Muharram procession of Shia Muslim mourners to pass through its traditional route from the Lal Chowk area in Srinagar.

India: Kashmir government allows Muharram procession after three decades in Srinagar

The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday lifted a 33-year-old ban that prohibited Shia Muslims from taking out processions during the month of mourning, known as Muharram.

'Testimony to normalcy in J-K,' says LG as Shias take out Muharram procession after 33 years

West Asia is observing Ashura. It is an important event in the Islamic calendar. Ashura falls on the 10th day of the month of Muharram. What is the significance of this day, and what is the history behind it? Ghadi Francis tells you more.

West Asia’s Shia Muslims observe the Ashura

Due to the spread of COVID-19 Iran commemorated Ashura with social distancing measures. Pilgrims on Iraq mourned with masks & gloves. The month of Muharram marks a period of intense grief as a mark of mourning the death of Hazrat Imam Hussain, also known to many as the grandson of Prophet Muhammad.

Muharram 2020: Pilgrims mark Ashura in Iraq's Kerbala with masks & gloves

A three-judge bench of CJI SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian has on Thursday ruled that there would be no Muharram procession anywhere in the country on August 29.

India: Supreme Court denies permission for Muharram processions

In this segment of The West Asia Post, watch how Shia Muslims worldwide honoured the day Ashura.

The West Asia Post: Shia Muslims observe Ashura worldwide

At least 31 pilgrims died on Tuesday in a stampede at a major shrine in Iraq's Karbala where they were marking the holy day of Ashura, the country's health ministry said.

At least 31 killed in Iraq's Karbala shrine stampede

Authorities here on Sunday suspended mobile services in Karachi and Nawabshah as part of security measures during Muharram processions. Sindh government has confirmed that mobile service was suspended in 245 areas in Karachi.

Pakistan: Mobile services blocked, security beefed up in Sindh for Muharram processions

Pakistan's science and technology minister Fawad Chaudhry has replaced the country's clerics in announcing the dates of major Muslim festivals and the holy month of Muharram.

Pakistan Science and Technology minister now announces dates of Eid, Muharram

Chetan Bhagat has criticised the Indian Supreme Court's order to ban crackers in Delhi this Diwali

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Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had banned the immersion of Durga idols on October 1, which is also Muharram

Calcutta High Court revokes Mamata Banerjee's immersion ban

The West Bengal chief minister said the move was aimed at averting communal tensions that could be possibly instigated by right-wing extremist groups

Mamata Banerjee bans immersions on Muharram, warns RSS, VHP 'not to play with fire'

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