An American named Abbas sets out on a long journey into the heart of Iraq, joining millions of Imam Husayn’s pilgrims in Karbala. What he witnesses there surpasses anything he could have imagined.

As crises grip many parts of the Muslim world — from wars to occupation and the suffering of innocents — the story of Karbala has become more relevant than ever.

Millions of pilgrims from across the world descend on Iraq’s holy city of Karbala to mourn the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein.

Millions of Muslims across the world are observing the annual mourning rituals of Arba’een, which marks the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam. 

Bahrain’s leading cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim says there exists no divide between Shia and Sunni Muslims, but the Islamic world is in fact split up into the camp that champions normalization with Tel Aviv and the one that adheres to the cause of resistance.