In Syria, a Shiite shrine and community navigate a changed landscape
SAYYIDA ZEINAB, Syria(RAHNUMA): At the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, rituals of faith unfold: worshippers kneel in prayer, visitors raise their palms skyward or fervently murmur invocations as they press their faces against an ornate structure enclosing where they believe the granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad is entombed. But it’s more than just religious devotion that the golden-domed […]
