Shia Muslims around the world take out Ashura processions to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, a grandson of the Prophet, who was killed in the Battle of Karbala (680 AD; 10 Muharram 61 AH) in present day Iraq.
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SRINAGAR: Global auctioning site, Soothbay sold a copy of an illuminated Quran for 18380 UK Pounds (Rs 19.04 lakh). The handwritten Quran was produced in Kashmir somewhere in 1821. The 311-page manuscript has the Quran written on gold-speckled paper leaves in naskh in black ink.
Architect Dr Sameer Hamdani’s book on sectarian reconciliation in Kashmir is a Himalayan contribution in offering a narrative purged from bias and slants, writes Raashid Maqbool Generations in Kashmir have grown up on folklore grapevine apparently aimed at retaining the rightful ground of truth a.
Hakim Sameer Hamdani’s ambitious new book looks at the history of Kashmir's Shiʿa population through the lens of not just the Sunni rivalry that shaped them but also, of reconciliation and unique contributions.