Khamenei sees Soleimani as an heir to the fallen hero and most sacred martyr of Shiite Islam, Husayn Ibn Ali. Executed after his followers were vastly outnumbered at the seventh-century Battle of ...

Among some Shia Muslim communities, the month of Muharram commemorates the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. Participants engage in self-flagellation, using chains or ...

It is like rigging the rules of a game to then celebrate its victory. Martyrdom is not new; from Husayn ibn Ali to Saint Thomas, culture has often found ways of making loss more meaningful than ...

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