Shii News – Ashura in Italy

Ashura in Italy: The Reshaping of Shi’a Rituals

This essay explores the impacts of Italy’s socio-religious tendencies on the Shi’a rituals of Muḥarram and Ṣafar. Ethnography and semi-structured interviews were the main methods adopted for the performance of this research. The implications of commemorating the Karbala tragedy in Italy were studied from four viewpoints.

Posted in: Field-specific (academic), Italy